Аннотация: The Sketch about the absence of a "photo with Vyshinsky"
The Sketch about the absence of a "photo with Vyshinsky"
After the 30-40-50s of the 20th century, enough time has passed.
Many things are seen in a general way, sometimes with distortions.
Nevertheless, we will try to formulate some thoughts.
If we read about Vyacheslav Molotov, we can conclude that he was a polite, cultural man, but he didn't catch stars from the sky.
What are his intellectual achievements?
The diplomacy of the USSR can show such achievements as the joining the League of Nations, the joint position with the West on the question of the civil war in Spain, the treaty on the Black Sea Straits (Montreux Convention of 1936) ...
Events in the world developed so that the USSR faced the need to conclude a temporary alliance with Nazi Germany.
Who appeared? Molotov. On May 3, 1939, he became the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
We see photographs of Molotov and Ribbentrop (for example, taken on August 23, 1939) ...
And where is Vyshinsky?
For long periods of time he was Molotov's deputy in various positions. He wrote books, and put forward various kinds of ideas ...
Rokossovsky, as we recall, did not head the capture of Berlin (although he was capable of such a command), and Vyshinsky was not the Minister of Foreign Affairs (although his education and the intellectual level were adequate to this position). (However, Vyshinsky became Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in 1949-1953).
It was needed an initiative, creative person. Tehran-Yalta-Potsdam, the Nuremberg trials, organization of the work of the Allied Control Council in a defeated Germany ...
So, lets return back in 1939. It is somehow difficult to find a "photograph with Vyshinsky." And, perhaps, such a photograph would be someone"s victory, "confirm" the victory of some political circles. Some propagandists could wave by this photo ...
This photograph could be published in newspapers, it would be an occasion for numerous discussions and conclusions ...
The fact remains. The "photo with Molotov" exist ...
And there is no a "photo with Vyshinsky" ...
August 28, 2019 15:57
Translation from Russian into English: August 28, 2019 17:01.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Скетч об отсутствии "фотографии с Вышинским"".