On the monster collective farm near Saratov peasants decided to do something about the assassination of Dictator Stalin's "Dear Friend Sergei" Kirov (TIME, Dec. 10 et seq.). Slapping together improvised scenery to represent Leningrad Communist Party Headquarters, where the crime was committed, they re-enacted it before a fascinated audience which came from miles around. As in real life, Comrade Kirov was shot by another Comrade, both men correctly represented as Communists in good standing.
"Everyone appeared to enjoy the spectacle, hissing the assassin and applauding Comrade Kirov," innocently telegraphed the local Soviet Tass...
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