Joseph Stalin on Russia
← Back to Joseph Stalin ProfileAmidst plans to suppress dissent in Estonia, Stalin's chilling endorsement of concentration camps reveals the brutal methods he was prepared to employ against perceived enemies of the revolution.
“The idea of a concentration camp is excellent.”
“I would like to raise a toast to the health of our Soviet people and, before all, the Russian people. I drink, before all, to the health of the Russian people, because in this war they earned general recognition as the leading force of the Soviet Union among all the nationalities of our country.”