Most recent changes are listed first.
A few may have been overlooked.
Copyright © 1999, 2000 by Hugo S. Cunningham
Press releases [updated y01202]
| date type of change |
file name title(optional) |
Remark |
|---|---|---|
| 20040524 new file |
haiti-bobo.html | Haiti's anti-imperialist Dr. Rosalvo Bobo gives a quirkishly pessimistic speech commemorating Haiti's first centennial (1903). |
| 20040426 new file |
q-communism.html | Soviet lexicographer S. I. Ozhegov clarifies the difference between "Socialism" and "Communism." |
| 20040329 new file |
jeffreys.html | England's Judge Jeffreys of the "Bloody Assizes" (1685). A typical representative of bourgeois "justice". |
| 20040327 new file |
begemot.html | Mikhail Bulgakov's description of his character "Begemot." |
| 20031120 new file |
mindszenty-trial.html | Local trivia: 2 US progressives endorse the Mindszenty trial (Hungary, 1949) |
| 20030713 new file |
chernov/chernov-toc-e.html | F. CHernov, Bourgeois Cosmopolitanism and its reactionary role (1949) Substitute "globalization" for "cosmopolitanism," and you will appreciate the Party's timeless wisdom! Available in both English and the original Russian |
| 20030713 new file |
zvezda-e.html | English translation of Party resolution: On the Newspapers 'Zvezda' and 'Leningrad' (1947) Lays out rationale for the "Zhdanovshchina," a post-WW II cultural crackdown |
| 20030516 new file |
pravda-istina-e.html | N. K. Mikhailovskij (1842-1904) describes "pravda" as a higher "truth." |
| 20030407 new file |
aristander.html | Fraternal peoples: A Dzhambul in the court of Alexander of Macedon. |
| 20030307 new file |
doklad-17omu/index.html | Early Stalinist watercolors (1935) from a deluxe edition of I.V. Stalin, Report to the 17th Congress of the CPSU |
| 20030307 new file |
jeffreys.index.html | England's "Hanging Judge" Jeffreys (1685): A companion-spirit to A. Ya. Vyshinsky? |
| y20929 new file |
mgu-core-e.html | "Core curriculum" at Moscow University 1977-1978: 5 out of seven courses on Marxism-Leninism |
| y20924 new file |
pobedonostsev.html | Tsarist reactionary K.P. Pobedonostsev denounces democracy, education |
| y20924 minor file |
orwell-nationalism.html | George Orwell on "nationalists" as true-believers |
| y20819 revised file |
trotsky-bse-e.html | "Great Soviet Encyclopedia" on Trotskyism (1947) English translation completed |
| y20809 new file |
saltychikha.html | Notes on Saltychikha, infamously cruel serf owner |
| y11210 new file |
aeroflot.html | Some historical highlights of Aeroflot |
| y11120 new file |
revision-hitler.html | "Who was worse -- Stalin or Hitler?" Comment from the Ideology Dept: An idiotic title! More to the point would be "Who was worse -- Hitler or Truman?" |
| y11119 (access to) new files |
sg-dir.html | words and translations to new songs have been added. Scores and MIDI recordings may come later. |
| y10919 new file |
ye-polyan.html | Some notes on Aleksei Polyansky's new biography of NKVD chief N.I. Yezhov |
| y10815 new file |
ogon380302-e.html (English) ogon380302-r.html (Russkij) (Rus. available since y10726) |
"Ogonyok" denounces Trotsky-Bukharinite "murderers, spies, and wreckers" (1938). (Newly translated into English) |
| y10802 minor change |
dzhambul.html | An outrageous slander: odes by Dzhambul to the Great Leader and Teacher are called fakes. |
| y10726 new file |
panov-prig-r.html (Russkij) | "Prigovor Naroda." Poet N. Panov extols the "sentence by the people": death by shooting (1938). |
| y10724 revised file |
ye-tlbio.html | A sympathetic biography of N.I. Yezhov, by guest author T.L. |
| y10724 new file |
trots-terr-r.html (Russkij) | Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1947) on the "Trotsky-Zinovievite United Terrorist Center." (Russian only, for now) |
| y10722 new file |
verwoerd.html | The Dzhambul of South Africa? Spontaneous praise for H.F. Verwoerd, in a publication he just happened to control (1955). |
| y10626 new file |
trotsky-bse-e.html (English) trotsky-bse-r.html (Russkij) |
"Great Soviet Encyclopedia" on Trotskyism (1947) |
| y10511 new file |
dubois.html | W.E.B. Du Bois's eulogy to the Great Leader and Teacher |
| y10408 new file |
kalendar41/k-toc-r.html (Rus) | Inspiring anniversaries, from a 1941 calendar (incomplete; so far in Russian only) |
| y10316 addition to file |
ist-tex-1-r.html (Russkij) | Most everything of note was invented by Russians, despite what West may think. (1950) (Russian only, for now) |
| y10316 new file |
st-fla-ka41-r.html (Russkij) | A magnificent pagegyric to the Great Leader and Teacher from a 1941 almanac. (Russian only, for now) |
| y10316 new file |
sg-nkvd.html (Russkij) | Song of the fighters of the NKVD (1936). |
| y10306 new file |
kritikov-r.html (Russkij) | "About one anti-patriotic group of theatre critics" (1949) (In Russian only, for now) |
| y10305 new file |
zvezda-e.html (English) zvezda-r.html (Russkij) |
"About the journals «Zvezda» and «Leningrad»" (1946). The Party must suppress writings by Zoshchenko, Akhmatova, etc. |
| y10305 new file |
perepis-p-e.html (English) perepis-p-r.html (Russkij) |
Article in "Pravda," 29 Nov 1938, warns 1939 census workers to make results look pretty -- or else! |
| y10220 new file |
kodeksy-toc.html | Index to Stalin-era legal codes available at this site. |
| y10219 new file |
revis-text.html | A 1998 pro-Stalin school textbook gives a favorable view of Collectization. |
| y10129 new file |
dzhambul.html | Home page for Dzhambul, bard of Socialist Kazakhstan, Stakhanovite producer of Stalinist flattery |
| y10122 new file |
joint-dc-r.html (Russian only, for now) |
"Oshchipannyj «Dzhojnt»" (1953) «Krokodil» explains how the Zionist "Doctors' Plot" fits in with American imperialist machinations |
| y10122 new file |
50uk-samog-e.html | Stalinist law against home-brew (illicit liquor) |
| y10122 new file |
50uk-perebeg-e.html | 1929 law prescribing death to Soviet officials who "desert" abroad |
| y10118 minor new file |
trud-pravo-e.html | Soviet law textbook explains reasons to jail truant workers (previously available in Russian only) |
| y10118 minor new file |
eng/eng-summer-h.html eng/eng-summer.html |
Two more readings from a Stalinist 7th-grade textbook: happy life in the Soviet Union |
| 001216 new files |
50uk-ab-dp-e.html (English) 50uk-ab-dp-r.html (Russkij) |
Decree abolishing official death penalty, 1947 |
| 001216 new files |
50uk-dp-sp-e.html (English) 50uk-dp-sp-r.html (Russkij) |
Decree restoring official death penalty, for traitors, spies, saboteurs -- 1950 |
| 001128 new file |
eng/eng-tom.html eng/eng-white.html and various others |
Readings from a Stalinist 7th-grade textbook: capitalist poverty and US racism |
| 001127 new file |
eng/eng-toc.html | list of readings from a Stalinist 7th-grade textbook |
| 001001 new file |
uk194-r.html (Russian) uk194-e.html (English translation) |
Criminal Code of the USSR, Chapter 9, articles 194-205 "Crimes, being holdovers from patriarchal society" |
| 000926 new file |
ist-tex-toc-e.html (English) ist-tex-toc-r.html (Russkii) |
introduction, table of contents, and incomplete excerpts of Prof. V.V. Danilevskij's book (1950), documenting the superiority of the Motherland's science to that of the bourgeois West. |
| 000816 major addition to file |
uk136-r.html (Russian) uk136-e.html (partial English translation) |
Criminal Code of the USSR, Chapter 6, articles 142-161 added (on injury, kidnaping, sexual crimes, failure to assist, and slander) |
| 000815 new file |
vrach-ubijca-e.html (English) | "Pravda" reports the "Doctors' Plot" to poison the Great Leader and Teacher! (English translation). The Russian original has been available since August 1999.) |
| 000728 new files |
uk59-e.html (English) uk59-r.html (Russian) |
Criminal Code of the RSFSR Serious, but not counterrevolutionary, crimes against the state, eg. banditry, rioting, and counterfeiting |
| 991122 minor change |
uk136-e.html (English) uk136-r.html (Russian) |
Criminal Code of the RSFSR 1937 Law against abortion (Art 140). |
| 991113 new file |
s-toast-e.html (English) | Comrade Stalin's postwar toast to the Russian people. (Russian original was posted earlier.) |
| 991113 new file |
uk136-e.html (English) uk136-r.html (Russian) |
Criminal Code of the RSFSR Punishment for murder of ordinary citizens (10 years max) is far less than for assaulting a Party functionary ("Counterrevolutionary terrorism," Article 58-8). |
| 991113 new file |
uk122-e.html (English) uk122-r.html (Russian) |
Criminal Code of the RSFSR laws for "separation of church from state" |
| 991113 new file |
pavlik-play-e.html (English) pavlik-play-r.html (Russian) |
A favorable Stalinist review of a play about every comrade's favorite orphan, Pavlik Morozov |
| 991102 new file |
trud-3812-e.html | «On Measures for the Restoration of Labor Discipline ...» 1938 Stalinist decree to punish job-changing and absenteeism, partial text. (Russian original text also available) |
| 991030 new file |
upk-rsfsr.html | Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR (1934, 1952) The most distinctive portion outlines summary procedures for disposing of accused "terrorists," "wreckers," and "saboteurs." |
| 991030 new file |
trud-uvol32-e.html | "On Firing for Unexcused Absenteeism" Abortive 1932 Stalinist decree mandating discharge for a single unexcused absence from work Original Russian text also available |
| 991030 new file |
trud-knizh.html | «O Vvedenii Trudovyx Knizhek» Stalinist decree establishing mandatory labor passports (Russian text only, for now) |
| 990922 minor change |
col-graph.html | Remark -- should collective farms be divided among the peasants? |
| 990916 new file |
uk-trud-20m.html | Stalinist labor law -- 20 minutes lateness for work defined as "absenteeism" -- mandatory firing or, from 27 Jan 1940, criminal prosecution. (Russian text with English translation). |
| 990914 major change |
uk-trud-e.html | English translation -- Stalinist law to jail workers for quitting |
| 990831 new file |
source.html | Some books used as sources for this site |
| 990828 major change |
insults-vysh.html | insults and rhetoric by Stalinist prosecutor A.Ya. Vyshinskij; new quotes and translations added |
| 990827 new file |
labor-discip.html | The Stalinist drive for "labor discipline," 1938-1940 |
| 990823 new file |
insults-vysh.html | insults and rhetoric by Stalinist prosecutor A.Ya. Vyshinskij; project incomplete, but available |
| 990823 minor change |
insults.html | new definitions added; reorganized in conjunction with new Vyshinsky file and quotes file |
| 990823 new file |
quotes.html | Some (non-insulting) terms and quotes from Stalin era; some older material relocated from "insults.html" file |
| 990822 minor change |
vote.html calendar page |
Experiment in six-day (continuous) work week described (1928-38) |
| 990818 new file |
uk-trud-e.html labor law |
Short English-language explanation of labor law (next item) |
| 990817 new file |
uk-trud-r.html labor law |
In 1940, the "Workers State" made it a criminal offense, with mandatory jail time, to quit one's job, skip a day of work, or even be 20 minutes late for work. (Russian text only; English planned later) |
| 990813 new file |
morozov-fan.html Pavlik Morozov fan club |
Should kids be encouraged to inform on their parents, even for activities that are not the government's business? A gallery of politicians who think so. Very preliminary work only; documented contributions welcome. |
| 990810 new file |
vrach-ubijca-r.html "Pravda" reports the "Doctors' Plot" 1953 |
Do some doctors complain of "difficult patients"? Count your blessings, Doc! The Great Leader and Teacher had all his doctors arrested as foreign spies! Soviet report in Russian only (with English notes); English translation added 15 August 2000. |
| 990810 new file |
s-toast.html Comrade Stalin's toast to the Russian people |
This toast credits Soviet victory in WW II to the Russian nationality, more loyal than others, eg Ukrainians and Chechens. Ominously, as it would turn out, Comrade Stalin did not consider Jews to be "Russians" (Russian text only; English planned later) |
| 990810 minor change |
sg-bla "Song About Stalin" |
Short note about composer Matvej I. Blanter |
| 990719 major change |
corresp.html correspondents |
New links to Belarus, Cuba, and Democratic Korea; and national liberation organizations |
| 990713 new file |
ly-tl-dv.html A pro-Lysenko view of genetics |
Contributor TL, of strong progressive views, assesses the Lysenko v. geneticist controversy |
| 990529 new file |
uk-toc-e.html uk-toc-r.html |
1934 RSFSR Criminal Code -- table of contents (both English and Russian versions) |
| 990424 new file |
fable.html | A Soviet fable for 7th-graders explains the need for vigilance against enemies of the people |
| 990423 new file |
streicher.html Julius Streicher on doctors |
Julius Streicher, Nazi publisher of "Der Stuermer," shares Comrade Stalin's dim view of the medical profession. |
| 990314 new file |
insults-prc.html insults in the PRC |
Rhetoric used by Chinese comrades against enemies of the people, especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) (incomplete, but available) |
| 990218 minor change |
nkvd.html NKVD index page |
A couple of new links |
| 990218 new file |
nkvd-letters.html Letters to the NKVD |
Published greetings, on V.Ch.K.-NKVD's 20th anniversary |
| 990218 new file |
census-sab-e.html 1937 census |
The 1937 Soviet census came up 14 million people short, indicating the population loss from Collectivization (1929-1933). It was suppressed, and those responsible were drastically punished as "saboteurs" |
| 990216 new file |
col-graph.html Collectivization graph |
A Soviet graph accidentally shows the catastrophic impact of Collectivization (1929-33) on agricultural production |
| 990216 new file |
dreiser.html TheodoreDreiser |
Prominent American novelist Theodore Dreiser strongly supported Comrade Stalin, not just against Trotskyites, but also against Britain (when Comrade Stalin was allied with Hitler, 1939-1941). |