![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Don't worry," Stalin supposedly replied, "we'll find you another wife." (p.319)īronka was shot in 1941 but her disappearance did not diminish Poskrebyshev's dedication to Stalin. She was never seen again.Īfter Bronka's arrest, Poskrebyshev begged Stalin to release his wife. This time, she called Beria and asked if she could come to discuss her brother. Two years later, however, she decided to try again. Nothing is known about the meeting except that Bronka's mission failed. Stalin hated women begging for the lives of their relatives but he had a large court and, as the Terror expanded, such appeals became increasingly common. In April, 1937, Bronka Poskrebysheva, the glamorous wife of Alexander Poskrebyshev, Stalin's chef de cabinet, arranged to meet Stalin alone at his dacha to plead for the life of her arrested brother. ![]()
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