Palmiro Togliatti

Birth : 1893-03-26, Genova, Italy

Death : 1964-08-21

History

Palmiro Michele Nicola Togliatti (26 March 1893 – 21 August 1964) was an Italian politician and leader of the Italian Communist Party from 1927 until his death. He was nicknamed Il Migliore ("The Best") by his supporters. In 1930 he became a citizen of the Soviet Union. Description above from the Wikipedia article Palmiro Togliatti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies

State Funeral

Self (archive footage)

The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.

Velikoye proshchaniye

March 9th, 1953. A gray, sad day. Clouds float low over the Kremlin towers. A city that unrecognizably grew, prettier and matured - this Moscow froze in solemn grief. The country escorts its father and leader, Joseph Stalin.