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====Eulogy for Stalin====

====Eulogy for Stalin====

In April 1953, shortly after Joseph Stalin's death, Robeson wrote a eulogy entitled ''To You Beloved Comrade'',<ref>[http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9804/robeson.htm ''To You Beloved Comrade”]</ref> which included these sentiments:  

In April 1953, shortly after Joseph Stalin's death, Robeson wrote a eulogy entitled ''To You Beloved Comrade'',<ref>[http://www.northstarcompass.org/nsc9804/robeson.htm ''To You Beloved Comrade”]</ref> which included these sentiments:  

:"Forever will his name be honored and beloved in all lands. In all spheres of modern life, the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. … his contributions to the science of our world society remains invaluable. One reverently speaks of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin -- the shapers of humanity's richest present and future. … Yes, through his [Stalin's] deep humanity, by his wise understanding, he leaves us a rich and monumental heritage. ... How consistently, how patiently, he labored for peace and ever increasing abundance, with what deep kindliness and wisdom."<ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1544</ref>

{{cquote|"Forever will his name be honored and beloved in all lands. In all spheres of modern life, the influence of Stalin reaches wide and deep. … his contributions to the science of our world society remains invaluable. One reverently speaks of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin -- the shapers of humanity's richest present and future. … Yes, through his [Stalin's] deep humanity, by his wise understanding, he leaves us a rich and monumental heritage. ... How consistently, how patiently, he labored for peace and ever increasing abundance, with what deep kindliness and wisdom."<ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1544</ref>}}

 

Dr.  R. J. Rummel, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii, is the scholar who first coined the term [[democide]] (death by government).  Dr. Rummel states,

Dr.  R. J. Rummel, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii, is the scholar who first coined the term [[democide]] (death by government).  Dr. Rummel states,

 

{{cquote|"[T]he Soviet Union appears the greatest megamurderer of all, apparently killing near 61,000,000 people. Stalin himself is responsible for almost 43,000,000 of these. Most of the deaths, perhaps around 39,000,000 are due to lethal forced labor in [[gulag]] and transit thereto.<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM Murder by Communism], R.J. Rummel, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994.</ref>}}

:"[T]he Soviet Union appears the greatest megamurderer of all, apparently killing near 61,000,000 people. Stalin himself is responsible for almost 43,000,000 of these. Most of the deaths, perhaps around 39,000,000 are due to lethal forced labor in [[gulag]] and transit thereto.<ref>[http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM Murder by Communism], R.J. Rummel, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994.</ref>

 

Though Robeson would continue to praise the USSR throughout his life, he would neither publicly denounce nor praise Stalin personally after [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s 1956 [[On the Personality Cult and its Consequences|Secret Speech]] exposing Stalin's "mistakes."<ref name=dubermanpages>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pgs 301, 318, 440.</ref>

Though Robeson would continue to praise the USSR throughout his life, he would neither publicly denounce nor praise Stalin personally after [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s 1956 [[On the Personality Cult and its Consequences|Secret Speech]] exposing Stalin's "mistakes."<ref name=dubermanpages>Duberman, Martin. ''Paul Robeson'', 1989, pgs 301, 318, 440.</ref>