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Date
03/09/2019
Author
Dmitry Bykov
Source
Novaya Gazeta
Preserved copy
Internet Archive
Translated material

"Not Stalin is recalled, but Palen ..."

The ballad of the beginning of March

Photo: "New Gazeta"
Peter Sarukhanov / "New Gazeta"

In early March, the fifth,
The great leader, Comrade Stalin, left.
Usop. The country suffered a loss.
The great coffin was littered with wreaths.
A crowd of slaves, as in ancient times,
Passed at the funeral.

Usop is our clear falcon, our Finist,
His vessel was fragile from sclerosis.
I am in this sense, as it were, the Stalinist -
I am inclined to approve his act.
In the end, he could go in the future,
He could not even die at all.

He could live and push us into the abyss,
Whispering the words with trembling lips;
He would creak ninety -five,
As Mugabe still creaks, -
The percentage of long-livers is high-s.
On the sidelines, Chain and Stox nervously smoke.

Praise to the leader, and the jacket, and the mustache!
A country for reproach and grief,
He is forced to die personally, himself
And a monument to itself - at least in Gori -
He deserved. From Mora and War
We were saved for a while.

Yes, I missed the enemies, unless ...
What would Sparta come out of Russia!
What kind of holiday he gave to the world
On the spring day, on the eve of March 8!
Of course, a sin rejoice in death,
But Stalin made almost everyone happy.

The wheel suddenly turned
And the thaw came at the beginning of the year.
There is nothing to be proud of: they suffered everything,
But there are also comrades, nature.
When the country is paralyzed -
Then she comes into action.

But he was different. And as a face
Russian - it is simply perfect.
He was a wise of another sage,
He was much more humane than Stalin,
He did not force God to intervene
And from nature he did not expect mercy.

In Ochakovo, he was uncontrollable.
He was awake by military paintings.
Courland brought as a certain Crimea,
Under the watchful hand of Catherine;
Surviving a failure repeatedly,
He called himself Vanka-Vestka.

While others have built success
Due to intrigues, sneakers or bedrooms, -
He was more honest and saw further than all.
Not Stalin is recalled, but Palen
In early March, my mind.
Why? Yes, so, in the case.