Stalin

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An elderly man is tasked with burning the inmates’ letters to Stalin pleading to have their appeals heard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“But when Stalin says ‘play,’ a wise man plays.”

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Ten years earlier, his predecessor Stalin had deported Crimea's Tatar population, so the majority population was ethnic Russian.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

He was 16 when the Hungarian Revolution erupted in October 1956, and he joined a crowd in Stalin Square laboring to tear down a colossal statue of the Soviet leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

So when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the agendas of Stalin and his composers were abruptly realigned.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall