Survivor

Imagine, you are a Soviet citizen in the 1930s, and you are being mistreated by your superiors. May be your boss hates you, and disciplines you for no reason. May be you are being persecuted by the local authorities. You tried to negotiate with them, or placate them, but to no avail. They are implacable. What are you gonna do?Is there anything you could do about it, at all?Strangely it may sound, but yes, there is a last resort option that might actually work. You need to write someone on the very top of Soviet government, on the top of the hierarchy, and beg him to intervene. Because is he actually does intervene, then yes, indeed, it may change the situation in your favour.That is understandable. But whom you should write exactly? To Joseph Stalin himself? No, better not. A letter to Stalin may change the situation for the better, yes, but it is as likely to change it for the worse. You need to present special reasons to convince Stalin to intervene in your favour, and, as you…