Geoffrey Roberts
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 18 Jun
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Yeah, that's a very good question.
Because you actually get...
a really important and interesting insight about Stalin from, from these letters, right?
Which is the nature of, to do with the nature of Stalin's power, right?
Which wasn't just about, he was a dictator.
He was brutal.
He had all his coercive power at his disposal.
You know, he had people shot and stuff like that.
His power rested on his personality.
and on his charm, right?
And the social capital, which he parlayed into politics, right?
So that's what you see there.
You see the charming Stalin in action.
And you can see the power he exerts over Cathy, by the way, as well, of course, and also over Avram, in fact, over all the foreigners who actually come into contact.
So to me, it's very revealing about the nature of the Stalinist system.
and Stalin's power in that system and where that power lies.
And the roots of that power, the sources of power, which is tremendous, are actually much more interesting and complex than people might think.
Right, yeah.
My father was a union man as well, by the way.
A lot of my members of the family were crane drivers.
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