Test “Kommersant”: guess the textbook quote

“The grief of the people was not universal. It was not shared by the Gulag prisoners convicted of “counter-revolutionary activities,” many peasants “offended” during the years of collectivization, and the peoples of the North Caucasus expelled from their native places…”

“Stalin’s death caused genuine grief in the country. The great leader, who seemed immortal, died. God has died! People cried and repeated: “To whom did you leave us!”

“The enemies of socialism believed and hoped that the death of I.V. Stalin would give rise to confusion in the leadership of the party and the country, hesitation in the implementation of the policies of the party and the state. But they badly miscalculated.”

“Along with regret and the usual expressions of grief in such cases by ordinary people who sympathized with the Soviet Union and its leader, many pro-American newspapers and magazines called the deceased leader a tyrant, a dictator.”

“With the death of Stalin, an entire era ended. An era when a system based on the apparatus, on repressive bodies, developed and strengthened.”

“… testified to a serious illness of society, generated by instilled suspicion, enmity, and spy mania.”

“… no matter how monstrous and strange it may seem, they allowed us to maintain a good mood.”

“…seemed justified in a difficult international situation.”

“…supported the blow against the bureaucracy that oppressed ordinary people.”

“… showed both the negative sides of human nature – envy, denunciation, lies, and noble traits – compassion, selflessness, mutual assistance.”