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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Y'know, over on Lemmygrad, a lib interloper asked if this was a legitimate quote from the man of steel himself and I had to dig up a Russian-language book (there is no english translation afaik) and to stumble my way through the cyrillic to find the source for this.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

did you find it? your question mark is throwing me off

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Whoops, sorry! Yep I did.

This quote is according to Molotov's recollection. From Сто сорок бесед с Молотовым (140 Conversations with Molotov) by Felix Chuev:

Stalin himself, I remember, said during the war: “I know that after my death, my grave will be piled with rubbish. But the winds of history will ruthlessly dispel it!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Being able to read Cyrillic helps a lot, the text is similar enough to polish that I can fully understand it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

gigachad-hd learning Russian to read original sources