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How Stalin really was really like. (lemmygrad.ml)
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The Western and the liberal consensus on Joseph Stalin:

Stalin was an evil autocrat who seized all power from his people to establish a brutal and murderous authoritarian regime.

Stalin in reality

Stalin: Please, let me resign in peace. This is the fourth time I am submitting my application.

The central comittee: Dear Comrade Stalin, we have rejected your request for the fourth time. See you at work tomorrow.

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[–] DornerStan@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

massive mental breakdown for like more than a week

Iirc this is Khrushchev revisionism. Or at least the secretary notes and hours (or whatever they're called, showing the comings and going of people out of Stalin's office by the hour) show Stalin meeting with leaders and working tirelessly for like 40 hours straight prior to and after the invasion. Then he goes home and presumably tries to sleep, but returns like 4 hours later to work another 24 hours

/\ this is off the top of my head and definitely not 100% accurate. I have my notes and possibly the source somewhere, I'll see if I can dig them up.