I do not doubt that some large percentage of the population did love and worship Stalin. But the “almost universally” might or might not be true—my point is that the degree to which he was genuinely loved is very uncertain and that uncertainty is not widely recognized.
I do not doubt that some large percentage of the population did love and worship Stalin. But the “almost universally” might or might not be true—my point is that the degree to which he was genuinely loved is very uncertain and that uncertainty is not widely recognized.