"O great Stalin, O leader of the peoples, Thou who broughtest man to birth. Thou who fructifies the earth, Thou who restorest to centuries, Thou who makest bloom the spring, Thou who makest vibrate the musical chords... Thou, splendour of my spring, O thou, Sun reflected by millions of hearts."
When contemplating on Stalin, one of the most powerful and murderous dictators in human history whose regime caused the death and suffering of tens of millions of his subjects, it is hard to believe such a poem was written for him. A question arises, Was Stalin a forward thinker? When Stalin was in…
