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Toast Stalin May 24, 1945 in St. George's Hall in the Kremlin at a reception in honor of the commanders of the Red Army.

"Comrades, let me raise one final toast.
 I would like to raise a toast to the health of our Soviet people, and above all the Russian people.
 I drink primarily for the health of the Russian people because it is the most outstanding nation of all nations of the Soviet Union.
I propose a toast to the health of the Russian people because he has earned in this war are generally accepted as the guiding force of the Soviet Union among all the peoples of our country.
 I raise a toast to the health of the Russian people, not only because he - the leading people, but also because it has a clear mind, a staunch character and patience.
 Our government made many mistakes, had his moments of despair in 1941-1942, when our army was retreating, leaving our home towns and villages of Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Leningrad Region, the Baltic, the Lithuanian Republic of Finland, was leaving because there was no other choice. Some people could tell the government: you have not lived up to our expectations, go away, we put another government that makes peace with Germany and will provide us with peace of mind. But the Russian people did not do that, because he believed in the correctness of the policy of his government, and went to the victim, to ensure the defeat of Germany. And this trust of the Russian people the Soviet government was the decisive force that secured the historic victory over the enemy of mankind - fascism.
 Thanks to him, the Russian people, for the confidence!
 The health of the Russian people! "


 And I think that there would be no collapse of the Soviet Union and all of this pandemonium, if not died such a terrible number of Russian people in the war, because there is still the best golovy.A where they could still be at that time? But in order to overcome fascism apparently had to pay exactly the price for it ...