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Molotov was one of stalin's closest, closest
a comrades during
the whole
revolutionary period
he he was a *** buddies
of Stalin
a name people of my generation heard all the time on the radio the molotov cocktail %uh
the %uh
he was the foreign of Minister
during the second world war
um
he was called
stalin used to joke
about his last name calling my Molotschtien
he was married to a Jewish woman
Zhemchuzhina
and Zhemchuzhina for various reasons fell out of favor
with stalin
%uh hah
the end of the forties with the establishment of Israel there was a
a lot going on there and Stalin became very suspicious of any jew
in his government and
as and and
perhaps it was a way of testing stalin
molotov's loyalty
but he arrested Zhemchuzhina
before she was arrested she was expelled from
the
a central committee
and in this meeting
where she was expelled
molotov refused
to vote against her
he didn't vote for her
but he abstained from voting
and in his diary
Georgi Dimitrov wrights down
this was certainly not correct
on the part of Molotov
it was certainly not correct Dmitrov was
the head of the Communist international now
another story
which perhaps a you're thinking of also is a story about stalin's
longtime adjutant
pastrovichov let me stop you for a second
molotov complained to Stalin and what Stalin said to him is absolutely unforgettable
yes well I think I think you may be conflating stories
because this has to do with pastrovichov
General pastrovichov
who was a he became stalins secretary after the war
in any case
pastrovichov comes home one day in the
thirties and discovers that his wife has been arrested
and he runs to stalin
and he says comrade stalin
this is clearly a mistake my wife is a decent person a loyal communist
a devoted
member of the party
please I beg of you
stop
this bring her home I love my wife
he throws himself at stalin's knees
holds him by the knees and stalin says get out
we'll find you another wife
it is very interesting
goes to show you
now people
is the name
Rubashov in darkness at noon
the fellow who %uh goes to his death you know
leading him through the dungeons before he gets the bullet
I gather from your book they usually did it the day after the trial the trial was showpiece
exactly
there's an old saying in the united states
I shouldn't say this on television but theres an old saying lifes a *** and then you die
after your trial they gave you one day the next day they took you out and shot you
by the hundreds of thousands apparently
is that what I gather from your book the hundreds and hundreds of hundreds and hundreds of thousands
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