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...conclusion of Soviet Historian Roy Medvedev's monumental 1971 study of the Stalin era, Let History Judge, the author sounded a warning note: "Not everything connected with Stalinism is behind us, by no means everything. The process of purifying the Communist movement, of washing out all the layers of Stalinist filth, is not yet finished." Those words rang true last week when the Soviet Union's top law enforcement agency warned Medvedev to "cease hostile activities" or face criminal charges...
...ringing patriotism of his 1940s Resistance poems. Slim and elegant, he uncorked his rhetorical gifts irrepressibly: in art criticism, in labyrinthine, sometimes brilliant novels (The Bells of Basel, Holy Week), in often romantic poetry, but most vigorously-and to some incongruously-in essays, books and political activism championing Stalin...
...York Times, if it didn't exactly keep its head, at least had the sense to wind up some of the string and pull it back into sight--despite even Anthony Lewis '48's incessant heaping on Israel of the kind of vituperation that might better suit Stalin or Pol Pot. The misinformation That may explain why now, in direct contravention with tradition, the Post is discussing its policies with some leaders of the American Jewish community...
...come from the labor side. There is a serious labor shortage in the Soviet Union. Most of the increment to the labor force is going to have to be from central Asians...I see Andropov using more traditional methods to deal with this new work force, methods associated with Stalin's era. There will be more of an effort to combat drinking and absenteeism. There will be an effort to fire workers who are not doing their jobs. The end result will still be ethnic friction because the top jobs will always be held by the Russians. The party leadership...
Sometimes a leader's pastimes imitate the way he governs. In his great biography of Stalin, Adam Ulam surmises that Stalin's sadism and recreation were allied. Stalin reveled in all-male, all-night banquets populated by middle-aged cronies drinking themselves witless and engaging in practical jokes. Among Stalin's favorites were placing a tomato on a chair about to be sat in and pushing friends into ponds. One can only imagine the hilarity and camaraderie at such occasions. One can also imagine the recognition on the faces of Stalin's former drinking buddies when...