Episode #73- What Can We Believe About Stalin? (Part I)

Our Fake History

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History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 September 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The are few 20th century figures as perplexing as Josef Stalin. Historians widely agree that Stalin was responsible for the deaths of some 20 million human beings. Despite that his legacy has remained the topic of serious debate. This is because the history of his regime was actively distorted by both Stalin himself and his many enemies. Stalin tried to make himself myth. His enemies tried to show that he was monster. Who was he really? Tune in and find out how pools of urine, webbed toes, and unpaid library fines all play a role in the story.
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0:00.0	Just before he was hanged, a prospector accused of murder
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0:31.1	On the evening of March 1, 1953, a man employed as a bodyguard
0:43.9	arrived at a large, well-appointed home known as Adaka,
0:48.2	just outside of Moscow.
0:50.5	He had with him a packet of mail that he
0:52.5	was to deliver to the resident of this impressive abode.
0:56.6	He entered and said about looking for the master of the house.
1:01.0	Strangely, he could not find the home's primary inhabitant
1:05.0	anywhere, being that the bodyguard had been sworn
1:08.7	to protect this man.
1:10.3	This was concerning.
1:12.5	After searching a number of rooms,
1:14.3	the bodyguard finally came to the small dining room.
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