this car belongs to joseph stalin driving home from work was no simple affair for the leader stalin used to sit on a special converted seat protected by guards on each side he trusted no one. the soviet leader strictly instructed the driver which way to go in the car would often turn abruptly from the white when he was on to moscow's side streets weaving along and confusing. he was ready to kill people and he did kill them and if he could do it he thought they could also act this way and that idea scared him to death. stalin's limousine eventually reached a narrow and strictly guarded highway. many years ago nobody was allowed here local residents had no clue that it had a facility known only to top officials. this is the comfort of a country house stalin's personal residence even though sixty years have passed since the death of the soviet leader his remains top secret filming has only been allowed here on rare occasions stalin spent his last twenty years and consider right up to his death. historians still puzzled over his mysterious demise did he die a natural death always someone els

this car belongs to joseph stalin driving home from work was no simple affair for the leader stalin used to sit on a special converted seat protected by.

belongs to joseph stalin driving home from work was no simple affair for the leader stalin used to sit on a special converted seat protected by guards on each side he trusted no one. the soviet leader strictly instructed the driver which way to go in the car would often turn abruptly from the he was on to moscow's side streets weaving and confusing. he was ready to kill people and he did kill them and if he could do it they could also act this way amanda.

himself few people know that alexander berdovsky is not just a theater director he's also of joseph stalin's grandson. standing boom get the ball yes there was stalin me just like any ordinary man he was up there i had nothing to do with him the but the good when i saw him during the day in november parades i looked at him from the stands to be blunt i mean when i only soil close at the whole of the house of the unions he was lying in state. in much nine hundred fifty three the soviet people been farewell to stalin for three days an endless stream of mourners came to see him lying in state. the first .

himself few people know that alexander but don ski is not just a theater director he's also a joseph stalin's grandson. here. standing boom get the boy yes that was stolen from me just for like any ordinary man he was i'm betancourt machine and i had nothing to do with the but i couldn't when i saw him during the day in november parades you know i looked at him from the stands and he built i mean when you only saw him close at the pillar hole of the house of the union where he was lying in state. in march nine hundred fifty three the soviet people bid farewell to stalin for three days an endless stream of mourners came to see him lying in state. the first to shout claims that stalin had been murdered was his son by sulu. stalin circle would not forget the outburst and would soon try to get rid of him. but before doing so a magnificent funeral was organized for the former leader. many died in the crash as crowds lined up to see his coffin. is possible to express their grief. party and the people of our country are suffering not of the nazis but i mean. for many years the soviet people were led

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this car belongs to joseph stalin driving home from work which is no simple affair for the leader stalin.

relation to himself few people know that alexander is not just a theatre director he's also of joseph stalin's grandson. standing boom get the boy yes that was stolen from me just feel like any ordinary man he was under the strain i had nothing to do with in the but when i saw him during the may november parades and i looked at him from the stands to be blunt i mean when you i only saw him close at the pillar hole of the house of the union he was lying in state. in much nine hundred fifty three the soviet people been farewell to stalin for three days an endless stream of mourners came to see him lying in state. the first to shout claims.

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. >> not by joseph stalin they all had one thing in common they didn't believe in god. >> in any case it has nothing to do with whether you believe in god or not. >> you don't see religion as constraint on human evil. who is more evil. >> what i do think logical connection between believing in god and doing some times doing evil things. >> so what do you say to a guy like dawkins? i had him on twice. and you have never talked to him face to face, right? >> yes, he ambushed me when i was in oxford. he used a subterfuge channel 4 called me wanted to do interview. went into the interview. >> bill: it was him. >> it was him. >> bill: you kicked his butt. >> i did for three hours i kicked his butt. he took three minutes out of that, put it in a movie called enemies of reason answered ambushed some very other respectful subjects. >> bill: i think dawkins is a dishonest guy. >> by the way he uses scientific credentials to cam fallujah his bigotry. >> bill: but i don't know if it's bigotry. he really believes that we're idiots, doctor, he does. he thinks he is a genius. he thinks you and me a

guys like my dad who compare to joseph stalin or adolf hitter and guys like my dad don't cozy up to texasnors who brag about seceding from the union or call social security unconstitutional. crazy didn't win, joe, but it also pulled down the nominee. >> the nominee wasn't willing to stand up to crazy. >> early on. >> there were so many times he could have turned, mike barnicle, to michele bachmann, let's say. who said something outrageous. wait a second. i'm a conservative. are you kidding me? to herman cain -- >> sarah palin. >> and all of these 0 other things that were going on, crazy never wins. but we learned another thing. you'd better stand up to crazy if you want to win in bucks coun county, pennsylvania, win in the i-4 corridor, if you want to win in the suburbs, if you want to win in the places where elections are actually won. >> well, i would ask you, john heilemann, as a key observer of the electoral scene, was not the die cast for mitt romney and perhaps, you know, the rest of the year in terms of republican politics, on the evening when all of the ten candidates on stage wer

. >> americans woke to the news that joseph stalin was dead.espite his extraordinary brutality, most russians revered him for leading to victory over the nazis and turning backwards russia into a modern industrial state. while the public mourned, the new soviet leaders created the onerous ghost of a man who ruled their lives like an ancient czar for 30 years decided to maintain tensions with the capitalist west. >> but that period, you know, in the '50s, late '40s, early '50s was the rise of oliver mccarthyism, the nuclear h-bomb. such a traumatic history in american history. >> i lived through it, like you did probably. >> absolutely, i'm a boomer. >> it's a chance to go back, actually, when i was about 35, 40 years old, i started to change my views. i grew up in new york, very republican, very conservative upbringing, my father was a stockbroker and later in my life i went to see peter one day and i wanted to ask him how did the atomic bomb really get started, because we all treated like it had to be dropped, ended the war, there's no -- so t

guys like my dad tune out politicians who compare opponents to joseph stalin or adolf hitler.uys like my dad don't cozy up to texas governor who is brag about seceding from the union or call social security unconstitutional." crazy didn't win, joe, but it also pulled down nominee, i believe. >> because the nominee wasn't willing to stand up to crazy. >> early on. >> and there was so -- early on. there were so many times, he could have just turned, mike barnicle, to michele bachmann, let's say, who said something outrageous and go, wait a second, i'm a conservative, are you kidding me? or to herman cain, or you know, when sarah palin was riding around, calling barack obama a socialist, bordering on a communist. and all these other things that were going on. crazy never wins, but we learned another thing. you better stand up to crazy, if you want to win in bucks county, pennsylvania. if you want to win in the i-4 corridor. if you want to win in the sub b suburbs of columbus, ohio. if you want to win in the election, in the places where elections are also won. >> well, i can ask

joseph-- josef stalin is always writing messages to churchill and roosevelt saying sorry, cannot come to conference, too busy with malses up front. stalin is scared of going anywhere near the front. he only does it once and he never gets near the line. churchill is always saying i want to be where the action is. if it's battle of britain he once stayed down in the budgeter, he goes on the rooftops and sees the passing firing. churchill would like to be there on d-day as near as possible to the action. >> when you say all that also, i think of the notion that he has said and would you know this best that he should have died in 19 4r5, did he not? >> there is a point at which after the-- he did say that didn't he. he was old and suffering and even-- had depression after -- >> there are times where he said i should is died in 1945 when i was at the height of my, the respect of my country and the respect of -- >> i think there are two things that he has a huge depression after losing the election of july 1945 when the labor party brought him. >> right. >> churchill has huge depression, hi