Stalin’s 1937 Election: A Spectacle of Power
The air in Moscow on December 12, 1937, was crisp, the kind that bites at exposed skin, yet the atmosphere crackled with an almost festive energy. Citizens, bundled in heavy coats and hats, queued patiently outside polling stations. Joseph Stalin himself, the iron-willed leader of the Soviet Union, was seen casting his vote, a solitary … Read more