Word: mikhailovna
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Soviet ex-Minister to Sweden Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontay, 74 (also known as the Madame Pompadour of the Russian Revolution), came a bit of rhapsodic reminiscence: "I remember the room in Smolny where the Central Committee met. The windows looked out on to the Neva, and a strong wind from the river rattled the panes. One electric lamp burned dimly over a small table around which the Committee members met. The situation was tense. ... On Lenin's right sat Stalin in his dark Russian shirt, his silent self-possession forming a strong contrast to the excited tirades of some...
First Doubts. Soon he too began to feel queasy. As a young state-supported engineering student, he declares, he fell in love with the wife of "one of the most important officials in the Ukrainian government." People in general were suffering and starving. But Julia Mikhailovna and her husband were as rich and well-fed as the Romanovs: "oriental rugs on the floor, tapestries and paintings, crystal chandeliers." Julia herself deplored the contrast. "You may not believe me," she said, "but I am opposed to all this gluttony of the leaders." Kravchenko begged her to reform, to flee with...
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