(Watched the great film 'The Death of Stalin' & immediately bought & began reading this book)
Although Stalin had deployed the full resources of his empire to protect himself, all these precautions served only to enhance his vulnerability.
When he collapsed, his security arrangements made it harder for his staff to know what was going on, to assist him, to summon help.
His chauffeur took different routes between the Kremlin and the dacha.
His motorcade of five identical limousines, none with license plates, made its way over the twelve-mile route from the Kremlin to the dacha with the drivers passing one another to deter any would-be assassin.
Hundreds of agents patrolled the dacha grounds with German shepherds.
There were multiple locks on the gate and double rows of barbed wire around the compound, along with bodyguards among the household staff.
None of these layers of security could prevent him from lying for hours [after he got a stroke] in his own urine, paralyzed, and without the ability to scream.
'The Last Days of Stalin' by Joshua Rubenstein
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F5NGDIO
There is no honor in kicking a dead lion.
Stalin deployed all the resources of the empire to improve the living standards of people. Now in the United States live only multimillionaires, as ordinary citizens of the USSR lived. Did you once have a yacht? Any citizen of the USSR had a yacht. Did you have the opportunity to study at the best university in the country? I graduated from 2 universities.
For example, in Russia only 20% of the population does not have a university education. If we proceed from the UN data, the level of education of Russian universities is better than in the United States. Only 2 US universities can be compared with a similar education.
Reading about the security is very funny. How many snipers are on the way of the US president? how many limousines in the garage of the president? Anyone can come home to the president and there will be no protection?
Almost no security was available for Stalin. He was protected by the people's love. Stalin's supporters were killed. There was no impact. Stalin decided to introduce a 3-day working week and a 3-hour working day. It was killing capitalism.
People all over the world could ask. Why in the Free USSR can work 3 days, and 4 days off. why the working day is 3 hours? Why they gave freedom to their citizens, and we work for 8 hours a day.
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@petrmisan
You do not want to tell about the village of Songmi? This is the village where Lieutenant Williams, along with his terrorists from the US Army, killed all civilians. Before the anniversary of the murder, exactly 7 days remained. The people of the free world are mourning the genocide and crimes committed by the US Army in Vietnam.
Remember a simple US citizen, a student. She objected to the genocide and murder in Sogmi, decided to put the flower in the muzzle of M-16 American soldier. He shot a student, a US citizen. Then the US soldiers began to mass shoot. Dozens of students of US citizens died. These crimes do not want to talk? Or is the life of a US citizen for you a lubricant for the bayonet?
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Posting of excerpts from other people's books is not necessarily an endorsement. But I am truly honored that the Internet Research Agency considers me important enough to post lengthy comments here. I love you all to death!
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All really good rulers of Russia are always scolded by our enemy. Who is our enemy praising? Fools. Our enemies praised Yeltsin very much, not one such book was written against him, not one bad movie was shot. The whole secret is what?
If the ruler of Russia is scolded, then he was a very good man. We must study his biography. If you praise, it was a finished scumbag.
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