Stalin the art critic

Ginger bastard Radek, if he had not pissed against the wind, if he had not been angry, he would still be alive.

This was scrawled by the Soviet tyrant on a sketching of a naked man, referring to Karl Radek. Apparently, late in his life, Stalin took to defacing drawings with his own commentary. A collection of classical nude sketches marred with various critiques of both the pieces themselves and some of the unfortunate to meet their demise at the hands of Stalin is on display in Moscow after five decades of being hidden away.

Would there be any doubt remaining in regards to Stalin’s psychotic nature (which remains celebrated by some in todays Russia) I’d say his apparently gleeful approach here lays them to rest.