Pravda Denounces Stalin Pact
Associated Press
MOSCOW —
The Communist Party newspaper Pravda published a denunciation today of Josef Stalin’s friendship treaty with Nazi Germany and accused him of crippling the Red Army by purging the officer corps just before World War II.
Publication of a full-page article challenging Stalin’s image as a brilliant wartime leader was another major step in the process of re-examining Stalin, which has become a condemnation of the man who ruled the Soviet Union for nearly three decades.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
