My name is Andreyovitch and I was alive during the Stalinist period of 1928-53. During this time, the government had solid control over publications. We saw Stalin being portrayed as an all-wise leader who saved the USSR through strict application of Marxist ideology in many different newspapers and things. I remember buying the History of the All-Union Communist Party when it was published in 1938 (it was ordered to be created by Stalin). It gave Stalin a prominent role in policy developments, as a continuer of Lenin’s work, and portrayed him as essential to saving the revolution. Upon retrospect, these works were obviously an exaggeration of reality and a highly biased historiographical perspective, however many of us citizens at the time truly believed in Stalin. We really thought that his policies would create a dream world of hope and equality. Tsarism, world war, and civil war led us to really hope for so.