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On 10/31/14 11:32 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote:
It is difficult to explain Kotkin’s skepticism of Lenin’s late anti-Stalin diatribes except perhaps by his unwillingness to concede that, supportive as Lenin had been of Stalin until his fatal illness, by the end of his life he had turned resolutely against him. Kotkin admits that statements made by Lenin to his sister corroborate some of the Testament’s contents. But he maintains that the document itself may not have been written by Lenin and suggests that Krupskaya may have been responsible for it, believing that “in her heart she knew Lenin’s wishes.”
Imagine that. Richard Pipes making the case for Lenin disavowing Stalin. This Kotkin must really be a piece of work. Have to send him some hate mail first chance I get.
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