Recent Additions and changes to the Cyber-USSR

Since 1 Feb 1999

Most recent changes are listed first.
A few may have been overlooked.

File added 990824
Last updated 20031123

Copyright © 1999, 2000 by Hugo S. Cunningham

Press releases [updated y01202]

New Files

date
type of change
file name
title(optional)
Remark
20040524
new file
haiti-bobo.html Haiti's anti-imperialist Dr. Rosalvo Bobo gives a quirkishly pessimistic speech commemorating Haiti's first centennial (1903).
20040426
new file
q-communism.html Soviet lexicographer S. I. Ozhegov clarifies the difference between "Socialism" and "Communism."
20040329
new file
jeffreys.html England's Judge Jeffreys of the "Bloody Assizes" (1685). A typical representative of bourgeois "justice".
20040327
new file
begemot.html Mikhail Bulgakov's description of his character "Begemot."
20031120
new file
mindszenty-trial.html Local trivia: 2 US progressives endorse the Mindszenty trial (Hungary, 1949)
20030713
new file
chernov/chernov-toc-e.html F. CHernov,
Bourgeois Cosmopolitanism and its reactionary role (1949)
Substitute "globalization" for "cosmopolitanism," and you will appreciate the Party's timeless wisdom!
Available in both English and the original Russian
20030713
new file
zvezda-e.html English translation of
Party resolution:
On the Newspapers 'Zvezda' and 'Leningrad' (1947)
Lays out rationale for the "Zhdanovshchina," a post-WW II cultural crackdown
20030516
new file
pravda-istina-e.html N. K. Mikhailovskij (1842-1904) describes "pravda" as a higher "truth."
20030407
new file
aristander.html Fraternal peoples: A Dzhambul in the court of Alexander of Macedon.
20030307
new file
doklad-17omu/index.html Early Stalinist watercolors (1935)
from a deluxe edition of I.V. Stalin, Report to the 17th Congress of the CPSU
20030307
new file
jeffreys.index.html England's "Hanging Judge" Jeffreys (1685):
A companion-spirit to A. Ya. Vyshinsky?
y20929
new file
mgu-core-e.html "Core curriculum" at Moscow University 1977-1978:
5 out of seven courses on Marxism-Leninism
y20924
new file
pobedonostsev.html Tsarist reactionary K.P. Pobedonostsev denounces democracy, education
y20924
minor file
orwell-nationalism.html George Orwell on "nationalists" as true-believers
y20819
revised file
trotsky-bse-e.html "Great Soviet Encyclopedia" on Trotskyism (1947)
English translation completed
y20809
new file
saltychikha.html Notes on Saltychikha, infamously cruel serf owner
y11210
new file
aeroflot.html Some historical highlights of Aeroflot
y11120
new file
revision-hitler.html "Who was worse -- Stalin or Hitler?"
Comment from the Ideology Dept: An idiotic title! More to the point would be "Who was worse -- Hitler or Truman?"
y11119
(access to) new files
sg-dir.html words and translations to new songs have been added. Scores and MIDI recordings may come later.
y10919
new file
ye-polyan.html Some notes on Aleksei Polyansky's new biography of NKVD chief N.I. Yezhov
y10815
new file
ogon380302-e.html (English)
ogon380302-r.html (Russkij) (Rus. available since y10726)
"Ogonyok" denounces Trotsky-Bukharinite "murderers, spies, and wreckers" (1938). (Newly translated into English)
y10802
minor change
dzhambul.html An outrageous slander: odes by Dzhambul to the Great Leader and Teacher are called fakes.
y10726
new file
panov-prig-r.html (Russkij) "Prigovor Naroda." Poet N. Panov extols the "sentence by the people": death by shooting (1938).
y10724
revised file
ye-tlbio.html A sympathetic biography of N.I. Yezhov, by guest author T.L.
y10724
new file
trots-terr-r.html (Russkij) Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1947) on the "Trotsky-Zinovievite United Terrorist Center." (Russian only, for now)
y10722
new file
verwoerd.html The Dzhambul of South Africa? Spontaneous praise for H.F. Verwoerd, in a publication he just happened to control (1955).
y10626
new file
trotsky-bse-e.html (English)
trotsky-bse-r.html (Russkij)
"Great Soviet Encyclopedia" on Trotskyism (1947)
y10511
new file
dubois.html W.E.B. Du Bois's eulogy to the Great Leader and Teacher
y10408
new file
kalendar41/k-toc-r.html (Rus) Inspiring anniversaries, from a 1941 calendar (incomplete; so far in Russian only)
y10316
addition to file
ist-tex-1-r.html (Russkij) Most everything of note was invented by Russians, despite what West may think. (1950) (Russian only, for now)
y10316
new file
st-fla-ka41-r.html (Russkij) A magnificent pagegyric to the Great Leader and Teacher from a 1941 almanac. (Russian only, for now)
y10316
new file
sg-nkvd.html (Russkij) Song of the fighters of the NKVD (1936).
y10306
new file
kritikov-r.html (Russkij) "About one anti-patriotic group of theatre critics" (1949)
(In Russian only, for now)
y10305
new file
zvezda-e.html (English)
zvezda-r.html (Russkij)
"About the journals «Zvezda» and «Leningrad»" (1946).
The Party must suppress writings by Zoshchenko, Akhmatova, etc.
y10305
new file
perepis-p-e.html (English)
perepis-p-r.html (Russkij)
Article in "Pravda," 29 Nov 1938, warns 1939 census workers to make results look pretty -- or else!
y10220
new file
kodeksy-toc.html Index to Stalin-era legal codes available at this site.
y10219
new file
revis-text.html A 1998 pro-Stalin school textbook gives a favorable view of Collectization.
y10129
new file
dzhambul.html Home page for Dzhambul, bard of Socialist Kazakhstan, Stakhanovite producer of Stalinist flattery
y10122
new file
joint-dc-r.html
(Russian only, for now)
"Oshchipannyj «Dzhojnt»" (1953)
«Krokodil» explains how the Zionist "Doctors' Plot" fits in with American imperialist machinations
y10122
new file
50uk-samog-e.html Stalinist law against home-brew (illicit liquor)
y10122
new file
50uk-perebeg-e.html 1929 law prescribing death to Soviet officials who "desert" abroad
y10118
minor new file
trud-pravo-e.html Soviet law textbook explains reasons to jail truant workers (previously available in Russian only)
y10118
minor new file
eng/eng-summer-h.html
eng/eng-summer.html
Two more readings from a Stalinist 7th-grade textbook:
happy life in the Soviet Union
001216
new files
50uk-ab-dp-e.html (English)
50uk-ab-dp-r.html (Russkij)
Decree abolishing official death penalty, 1947
001216
new files
50uk-dp-sp-e.html (English)
50uk-dp-sp-r.html (Russkij)
Decree restoring official death penalty, for traitors, spies, saboteurs -- 1950
001128
new file
eng/eng-tom.html
eng/eng-white.html
and various others
Readings from a Stalinist 7th-grade textbook:
capitalist poverty and US racism
001127
new file
eng/eng-toc.html list of readings from a Stalinist 7th-grade textbook
001001
new file
uk194-r.html (Russian)
uk194-e.html (English translation)
Criminal Code of the USSR, Chapter 9, articles 194-205 "Crimes, being holdovers from patriarchal society"
000926
new file
ist-tex-toc-e.html (English)
ist-tex-toc-r.html (Russkii)
introduction, table of contents, and incomplete excerpts of Prof. V.V. Danilevskij's book (1950), documenting the superiority of the Motherland's science to that of the bourgeois West.
000816
major addition to file
uk136-r.html (Russian)
uk136-e.html (partial English translation)
Criminal Code of the USSR, Chapter 6, articles 142-161 added (on injury, kidnaping, sexual crimes, failure to assist, and slander)
000815
new file
vrach-ubijca-e.html (English) "Pravda" reports the "Doctors' Plot" to poison the Great Leader and Teacher!
(English translation). The Russian original has been available since August 1999.)
000728
new files
uk59-e.html (English)
uk59-r.html (Russian)
Criminal Code of the RSFSR
Serious, but not counterrevolutionary, crimes against the state, eg. banditry, rioting, and counterfeiting
991122
minor change
uk136-e.html (English)
uk136-r.html (Russian)
Criminal Code of the RSFSR
1937 Law against abortion (Art 140).
991113
new file
s-toast-e.html (English) Comrade Stalin's postwar toast to the Russian people. (Russian original was posted earlier.)
991113
new file
uk136-e.html (English)
uk136-r.html (Russian)
Criminal Code of the RSFSR
Punishment for murder of ordinary citizens (10 years max) is far less than for assaulting a Party functionary ("Counterrevolutionary terrorism," Article 58-8).
991113
new file
uk122-e.html (English)
uk122-r.html (Russian)
Criminal Code of the RSFSR
laws for "separation of church from state"
991113
new file
pavlik-play-e.html (English)
pavlik-play-r.html (Russian)
A favorable Stalinist review of a play about every comrade's favorite orphan, Pavlik Morozov
991102
new file
trud-3812-e.html «On Measures for the Restoration of Labor Discipline ...»
1938 Stalinist decree to punish job-changing and absenteeism, partial text.
(Russian original text also available)
991030
new file
upk-rsfsr.html Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR (1934, 1952)
The most distinctive portion outlines summary procedures for disposing of accused "terrorists," "wreckers," and "saboteurs."
991030
new file
trud-uvol32-e.html "On Firing for Unexcused Absenteeism"
Abortive 1932 Stalinist decree mandating discharge for a single unexcused absence from work
Original Russian text also available
991030
new file
trud-knizh.html «O Vvedenii Trudovyx Knizhek»
Stalinist decree establishing mandatory labor passports
(Russian text only, for now)
990922
minor change
col-graph.html Remark -- should collective farms be divided among the peasants?
990916
new file
uk-trud-20m.html Stalinist labor law -- 20 minutes lateness for work defined as "absenteeism" -- mandatory firing or, from 27 Jan 1940, criminal prosecution. (Russian text with English translation).
990914
major change
uk-trud-e.html English translation -- Stalinist law to jail workers for quitting
990831
new file
source.html Some books used as sources for this site
990828
major change
insults-vysh.html insults and rhetoric by Stalinist prosecutor A.Ya. Vyshinskij; new quotes and translations added
990827
new file
labor-discip.html The Stalinist drive for "labor discipline," 1938-1940
990823
new file
insults-vysh.html insults and rhetoric by Stalinist prosecutor A.Ya. Vyshinskij; project incomplete, but available
990823
minor change
insults.html new definitions added; reorganized in conjunction with new Vyshinsky file and quotes file
990823
new file
quotes.html Some (non-insulting) terms and quotes from Stalin era;
some older material relocated from "insults.html" file
990822
minor change
vote.html
calendar page
Experiment in six-day (continuous) work week described (1928-38)
990818
new file
uk-trud-e.html
labor law
Short English-language explanation of labor law (next item)
990817
new file
uk-trud-r.html
labor law
In 1940, the "Workers State" made it a criminal offense, with mandatory jail time, to quit one's job, skip a day of work, or even be 20 minutes late for work.
(Russian text only; English planned later)
990813
new file
morozov-fan.html
Pavlik Morozov fan club
Should kids be encouraged to inform on their parents, even for activities that are not the government's business? A gallery of politicians who think so.
Very preliminary work only; documented contributions welcome.
990810
new file
vrach-ubijca-r.html
"Pravda" reports the "Doctors' Plot" 1953
Do some doctors complain of "difficult patients"? Count your blessings, Doc! The Great Leader and Teacher had all his doctors arrested as foreign spies!
Soviet report in Russian only (with English notes); English translation added 15 August 2000.
990810
new file
s-toast.html
Comrade Stalin's toast to the Russian people
This toast credits Soviet victory in WW II to the Russian nationality, more loyal than others, eg Ukrainians and Chechens. Ominously, as it would turn out, Comrade Stalin did not consider Jews to be "Russians"
(Russian text only; English planned later)
990810
minor change
sg-bla
"Song About Stalin"
Short note about composer Matvej I. Blanter
990719
major change
corresp.html
correspondents
New links to Belarus, Cuba, and Democratic Korea; and national liberation organizations
990713
new file
ly-tl-dv.html
A pro-Lysenko view of genetics
Contributor TL, of strong progressive views, assesses the Lysenko v. geneticist controversy
990529
new file
uk-toc-e.html
uk-toc-r.html
1934 RSFSR Criminal Code -- table of contents
(both English and Russian versions)
990424
new file
fable.html A Soviet fable for 7th-graders explains the need for vigilance against enemies of the people
990423
new file
streicher.html
Julius Streicher on doctors
Julius Streicher, Nazi publisher of "Der Stuermer," shares Comrade Stalin's dim view of the medical profession.
990314
new file
insults-prc.html
insults in the PRC
Rhetoric used by Chinese comrades against enemies of the people, especially during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
(incomplete, but available)
990218
minor change
nkvd.html
NKVD index page
A couple of new links
990218
new file
nkvd-letters.html
Letters to the NKVD
Published greetings, on V.Ch.K.-NKVD's 20th anniversary
990218
new file
census-sab-e.html
1937 census
The 1937 Soviet census came up 14 million people short, indicating the population loss from Collectivization (1929-1933). It was suppressed, and those responsible were drastically punished as "saboteurs"
990216
new file
col-graph.html
Collectivization graph
A Soviet graph accidentally shows the catastrophic impact of Collectivization (1929-33) on agricultural production
990216
new file
dreiser.html
TheodoreDreiser
Prominent American novelist Theodore Dreiser strongly supported Comrade Stalin, not just against Trotskyites, but also against Britain (when Comrade Stalin was allied with Hitler, 1939-1941).

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