[eleni121]

NY Times obituary of Stalin

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1221.html

[Freee-dame]

In 1936, during the period of purges, Stalin proclaimed a new Constitution for Russia,

Unless I missed something, this is the only reference to the slaughter of tens of millions. History textbooks used in the USA for years described Stalin: industrialized Russia. Students should be reading "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" to find out what Stalin was really about.

[JesseHousman]

President Harry Truman once said in an unguarded moment: "I like old Joe. Joe is a decent fellow, but he is a prisoner of the Politburo."

We know with observations such as this as well as not admitting that his government was larded with communists, he was a failure as president.