"The Communists base themselves on rich historical experience which teaches that obsolete classes do not voluntarily abandon the stage of history."
— Joseph Stalin

January 1, 1970

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Anti-imperialistsAtheistsGeneral Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionSoviet premiersPeople from Georgia (country)
Original Language: English

Sources

“Stalin-Wells Talk: The Verbatim Report and A Discussion”, G.B. Shaw, J.M. Keynes et al., London, The New Statesman and Nation, (1934) p. 13