Breaking

The Stalinist regime sought to engage in political "games" of representatives of all segments of the population, including children. On the one hand, Soviet propaganda extolled all kinds of Pavlik Morozov. On the other hand, it was assumed that the may be conscious of a minor "counter-revolutionaries". One of the most egregious cases occurred in 1944 in Saratov, where according to the 58th article was judged by six students, including 11-year-old Benedict Egorova.

The Stalin era revealed to the world the antics of such people, most of whom would be better to always remain in the shadows. Where did they come from? What a godforsaken province of the Russian Empire grew? And why all of a sudden, forgetting father and mother and faith, began to earn a living by killing people.

May 1, 1945 Georgy Zhukov in the telephone message told Stalin, perhaps, the most long-awaited for all the war years news. Four typewritten pages was the circumstances of the suicide of Hitler. The first reaction of the leader of the people was joy. According to the memoirs of contemporaries, Stalin seems to be saying: "got you, you rascal. It is a pity that failed to take him alive!". But almost immediately questioned and asked – is there any corpse?

After 1947, the money received by the relatives during the war from sons, brothers and fathers, "burned" – partially or completely. Just a year after the currency reform, ceased to pay the soldiers, which for deeds of have received medals.

14 Sep 2008 over Perm crashed airliner "Boeing-737". Among the other passengers on Board were the Hero of Russia, General Gennady Troshev. So ridiculous ended the life of the "trench General" held the whole Chechen war...