Fred Erwin Beal was an American Socialist who fled the United States and spent time in the Soviet Union where he witnessed Joseph Stalin introducing a man-made famine to Ukraine. He came back to the United States where almost nobody believed him.
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Fun Fact: The Anti Communist Party in China Was Once Pro Communist
The Kuomintang is a political party in Taiwan that is staunchly anti-communist but they have long historical ties to mainland China from which they had fled from. They had once been allies in 1924 and worked with the Chinese Communist party and the Soviet Union. Their Alliance was called the First United Front and their…
(Not So) Fun Fact: Human Chimpanzee Hybrid Experiment
A Soviet scientist in the 1920s tried to create a human chimpanzee hybrid known as a humanzee. They contacted a chimpanzee owner in Cuba and wanted her male chimpanzees to try their luck on human females but his offer was ultimately refused. China did a very similar experiments in the 1960s as well but obviously…
Fun Fact: Vladimir Putin’s Paternal Grandfather
Vladimir Putin’s paternal grandfather was a man named Spiridon Putin. He grew up in Imperial Russia and learned how to become a cook. One of his first notable achievements was impressing Grigori Rasputin. He later became the personal chef for Vladimir Lenin and occasionally cooked for Joseph Stalin.
Fun Fact: The Russian Peasant Who Just Wanted Beets
During World War I’s peace talks, the new Soviet Union went to represent Russia. They wanted to bring various people to represent the country besides politicians. They forgot to include a peasant, whom they found at the last minute. Luring him with the promise of beets, he had no idea he’d be in the same…