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minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·6 days agowhat is the source for this? one doubts that such a photo of young Stalin exists, given the poverty in which the dictator grew up.
minus-squareℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days agoCan’t verify that one specifically, but a handful survive of his parents, as well as this photo of him from a school yearbook in 1893:
minus-squareSchmuppes@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoLooks like Rishi Sunak.
minus-squarekilonova@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThis is further proof to my “Rishi Sunak is actually Stalin” lore.
minus-squarecryptiod137@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoI can see it labeled as a school photo of him, but haven’t found any original source confirming that
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoOne might ask oneself “well… how did I get here?”
minus-squareyogurt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSchool class picture, the priest that let Stalin and his mom stay with him to get away from Stalin’s abusive dad faked a story about who Stalin’s dad was so he could get in to a free school for children of church officials.
what is the source for this?
one doubts that such a photo of young Stalin exists, given the poverty in which the dictator grew up.
Can’t verify that one specifically, but a handful survive of his parents, as well as this photo of him from a school yearbook in 1893:
Looks like Rishi Sunak.
This is further proof to my “Rishi Sunak is actually Stalin” lore.
I can see it labeled as a school photo of him, but haven’t found any original source confirming that
One might ask oneself “well… how did I get here?”
School class picture, the priest that let Stalin and his mom stay with him to get away from Stalin’s abusive dad faked a story about who Stalin’s dad was so he could get in to a free school for children of church officials.