Stalin and Yezhov: An Extra-Paradigmatic View - by Philip E. Panaggio
Editor's Note
It is a fact that in the Ancient World there was belief in, and tales of, gods and goddesses. There where beautiful shrines and statues of all of them and they were revered and honored in every city. Then they all became Devils when the New Rulers, Christians and Moslems, took over. The ancient shrines were defaced and the statues were destroyed. It would seem to me that a legend was created for Stalin, one of almost a living god. Shrines and statues were built in his honor and streets and cities were named after him. Then, after his death, another legend was created for Stalin, namely, that he was Satan. In my opinion, Stalin was neither God nor Satan; he was merely a strong and determined, very practical man of politics. It is a fact that when Stalin became the head of the Soviet State, they had only the plow; but when Stalin left the Soviet State, they had the atomic bomb. What is amazing to me, is that all of this was achieved by the sheer power of an IDEA. It doesn’t matter what we think of it. The past happened. History is just someone’s version of it.
--The Editor
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