"For all the foolishness..."

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За такую скоморошину,

Откровенно говоря,

Мне свинцовую горошину

Ждать бы от секретаря.

1930

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For all the foolishness I’ve said,

The punishment is heavy,

I could receive a pea of lead

From the secretary.[1]

1930

[1] Joseph Stalin: (December 18, 1878 – March 5, 1953) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953.