Articles tagged "Stalin"
The City and the Writer: In Minsk with Valzhyna Mort
If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains. —Italo Calvino,…...
from “Communist Monte Cristo”
Question: “In 1956, who awaited Father Christmas most eagerly?” Answer: “Comrade Stalin. He already put his boots out in October.” Budapest joke, 1956 The state…...