They say that every ruler always selects doubles for himself who replace him in various situations. According to legend, Stalin had the most of them - different numbers are named, from 12 to 20. What is known about Stalin's doubles in reality?
Who buried Kirov?
Historian Valery Malevanny claims that during the funeral of S. M. Kirov in 1934, the leader of the peoples was replaced by one of the twins. Allegedly, the OGPU received information that an attempt would be made on Stalin's funeral. Many then drew attention to Stalin's strange behavior - he was unusually silent and tried to stay away … According to the same Malevanny, back in 1929, the head of Stalin's security, General Vlasik, demanded that a double talk to the workers instead of Stalin, so that the situation does not repeat itself similar to the attempted assassination of Lenin by Fanny Kaplan at the Michelson plant. They say that the first to play the role of Stalin was a certain Rashidov, a native of the North Caucasus. He usually replaced the secretary general at events that did not require much talk, for example, on the podium during the November demonstrations. Rashidov died during an attempt on Stalin's life: the motorcade, in which the secretary general was allegedly traveling, was blown up2 by a mine while driving through Red Square. But fortunately, it was not Joseph Vissarionovich at all in the armored car … According to another version, Rashidov survived safely until 1991.
"Main" stunt double
The most famous among the alleged Stalinist twins was the accountant from Vinnitsa Yevsey Lubitsky. He told his story before his death in an interview with foreign journalists. According to Lubitsky, in 1937 NKVD officers came for him on a "black funnel" and took him away from his family forever. For the role of "leader" he was trained for six months at a secret dacha in the suburbs. He underwent two plastic surgeries to increase the resemblance to the "original". Lubitsky believed that all the participants in this "preparatory" operation were subsequently shot. Perhaps, it was for this reason that the head of the state security service Genrikh Yagoda was also destroyed. It was Lubitsky who most often had to stand instead of Stalin on the podium of the Mausoleum, as well as attend numerous meetings with foreign delegations. Stalin often arranged checks:put Lubitsky in his chair so that he would meet his subordinates, 3 who came with reports. Even people from the inner circle of the leader - Kalinin, Molotov, Yezhov - did not notice the substitution … Lubitsky performed his "work" for 15 years. But Beria disliked him, who for some reason saw him as a competitor. In 1952, Lubitsky was arrested on trumped-up charges and sent to the Solovetsky camp. After the death of the leader, he was released, but offered to choose any of the cities of Central Asia for residence. Lubitsky received a personal pension, which he was personally handed into the hands of special officers, and kept his mouth shut. He died in 1981 in Dushanbe.who somehow saw him as a competitor. In 1952, Lubitsky was arrested on trumped-up charges and sent to the Solovetsky camp. After the death of the leader, he was released, but offered to choose any of the cities of Central Asia for residence. Lubitsky received a personal pension, which he was personally handed into the hands of special officers, and kept his mouth shut. He died in 1981 in Dushanbe.who somehow saw him as a competitor. In 1952, Lubitsky was arrested on trumped-up charges and sent to the Solovetsky camp. After the death of the leader, he was released, but offered to choose any of the cities of Central Asia for residence. Lubitsky received a personal pension, which he was personally handed into the hands of special officers, and kept his mouth shut. He died in 1981 in Dushanbe.
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Who was put in the Mausoleum?
Another alleged double was the actor Felix Dadaev, who more than once played the role of Stalin in newsreels. In 1943 he was taken to a dacha in Kuntsevo and there they were forced to watch a film with Stalin for hours, to practice his facial expressions, movements and intonations … According to Dadaev, besides him at that moment, Stalin had three more doubles. At first, Dadaev's tasks were to appear in the right place in order to attract attention to himself (for example, to leave the Kremlin and get into a car) (while the leader remained in the Kremlin or secretly left the other way). Then he began to replace Stalin at meetings with party comrades and at parades. During the war, Felix even read reports for Stalin on the radio.4 Not long before his death, Stalin's suspicion allegedly reached the point that his attending doctors had to examine several doubles one after another,who were in different offices, and at the same time did not know which of them was the real leader. For some reason, in the conclusions of the pathologists made after Stalin's death, for some reason there was no mention of such well-known features of the leader as a damaged left hand or fused fingers on his left foot. So a hypothesis arose that Stalin actually died much earlier than the officially indicated date of March 5, 1953, and he was replaced by a double, because it was beneficial to his closest circle. However, to date, there is no official evidence that Stalin used the services of doubles. So while this information remains only at the level of rumors and legends.for some reason there was no mention of such well-known features of the leader as a damaged left hand or fused fingers on his left foot. So a hypothesis arose that Stalin actually died much earlier than the officially indicated date of March 5, 1953, and he was replaced by a double, because it was beneficial to his closest circle. However, to date, there is no official evidence that Stalin used the services of doubles. So while this information remains only at the level of rumors and legends.for some reason there was no mention of such well-known features of the leader as a damaged left hand or fused fingers on his left foot. So a hypothesis arose that Stalin actually died much earlier than the officially indicated date of March 5, 1953, and he was replaced by a double, because it was beneficial to his closest circle. However, to date, there is no official evidence that Stalin used the services of doubles. So while this information remains only at the level of rumors and legends. However, to date, there is no official evidence that Stalin used the services of doubles. So while this information remains only at the level of rumors and legends. However, to date, there is no official evidence that Stalin used the services of doubles. So while this information remains only at the level of rumors and legends.
