Word: molotovs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Molotov is better known as Paulina Zhemchuzhina (zhemchug means pearl). She is a slim, handsome woman, with a clear olive skin and discreet makeup. Moscow's prewar foreign community knew her as a charming and lavish hostess, a lover of French literature, a well-dressed woman...
...appearance makes it difficult to believe that she worked in a tobacco plant in her youth, propagandized soldiers in the years of the revolution. In 1932, after Stalin issued his famous dictum: Let us be gay, Comrades, Mme. Molotov became head of the Soviet perfume trust. Said she of her work: "My husband works on their souls, I on their faces." She put rouge and lipstick on the face of Russia's womanhood, filled Russia's air with the odor of cheap perfume. In the interest of cosmetics, she visited the U.S. in 1936, lunched with Mrs. Roosevelt...
Stalin's Friend. On Molotov's 50th birthday (he is now 53), Russia heaped honor upon him. Of its eight pages, Pravda devoted a laudatory seven to his work. The Government decorated him with the Order of Lenin. The city of Perm was renamed Molotov; the town of Nolinsk. Molotovsk; the Red Hydropress plant in Taganrog the Molotov Plant. Alexander Lozovsky, then a trade-union bigwig, paid him a lush compliment: "Comrade Molotov combines Russian revolutionary ability with American efficiency." For helping to boost tank production, the Soviet Government a fortnight ago gave him its highest civilian honor...
...these served to underline once again Molotov's position as Stalin's friend, teammate and confidant. His years as Premier and Foreign Commissar have matured him, added to his already big stature. He is still the tough, alert, suspicious politician he was 20 years ago. But the new experience and knowledge have made him a formidable opponent at a conference table...
...Moscow conferences, Molotov will make no move without Stalin's consent. But Stalin's mind, to a degree unsuspected abroad, will reflect Viacheslav Molotov's advice...