For those who can’t read Cyrillic : « IOSSIF STALIN. » That dates a photo more
surely than carbon 14. 1957 was the last year when the name and statues of the
great man tugged your eye at every turn. A series of opportune « repair works »
covered the country one year later, and when the temporary walls were
taken down, no trace remained of the man whom my American army
magazine of 1945 named Uncle Joe.