☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to GenZedongEnglish · 11 months agoHappy Birthday, Comrade Stalin! (December 18th, 1878)imagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13
arrow-up156arrow-down1imageHappy Birthday, Comrade Stalin! (December 18th, 1878)☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to GenZedongEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareqwenamelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months agoShould celebrate it on December 21st too because 1879-12-21 was used before they found the document that showed his birthday to be 1878-12-18. https://www.rbth.com/history/335676-stalin-2-birthdays-birth-date-different Front page of People’s Daily on 1949-12-21, celebrating Stalin’s 70th birthday. Chinese Postage stamps commemorating 100th anniversary of Stalin’s birth in 1979
Should celebrate it on December 21st too because 1879-12-21 was used before they found the document that showed his birthday to be 1878-12-18. https://www.rbth.com/history/335676-stalin-2-birthdays-birth-date-different
Front page of People’s Daily on 1949-12-21, celebrating Stalin’s 70th birthday.
Chinese Postage stamps commemorating 100th anniversary of Stalin’s birth in 1979
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