Georgian Christian Mothers
...of whom Ketevan Geladze (Joseph Stalin's mother) was a perfect example.N. Kipshidze, a doctor who treated her in her old age, recalled a visit by the Soviet leader to his mother in 1935, when she was very ill:
He asked,
"Why did you beat me so hard?"
"That's why you turned out so well."
After a pause, she asked him,
"Joseph - who exactly are you now?"
"Remember the tsar? Well, I'm like a tsar."
"You'd have done better to have become a priest!"
Labels: History, Raising Children, Russia
posted by Constantine at 2:07:00 am
1 Comments:
As a mother, my heart breaks, and I agree, he'd have done better if he'd completed his seminary work. As would we have all.
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