Here's a joke that was told by someone from the Soviet Union. It's the fiftieth anniversary of some important organisational work that Lenin had performed in Switzerland, so the Central Committee decides to commission a painting on the subject. They summon a famous Soviet painter and ask him if he'll take the job. He replies, "Yes, but it will take me six months of uninterrupted work. No-one can see the painting until it's finished. In six months I'll bring you a masterpiece." The Party leadership agrees. Six months later the painter returns. He sets up a painting covered with cloth, turns to them and announces, "Comrades, I give you... "Lenin In Zurich"!" He whips off the cloth. The painting shows two people in bed together, easily recognisable as Krupskaya, Lenin's wife, and Trotsky. The Party leaders don't know what to make of it. Finally, one of them asks, "What is it supposed to be?". The painter replies, "This takes place in Lenin and Krupskaya's apartment in Vienna." The exasperated beauracrat asks, "So where the hell is Lenin?" And the painter, getting red faced with anger, says, "Lenin's in Zurich!"
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