Part 8/10:
The Isolation of Dictatorship
Later that day, Stalin attended to his own children, maintaining a bizarre duality within his life. He reveled in routine familial interactions while existential loneliness permeated every aspect of his existence. His daughter Svetlana, curious yet increasingly aware of the emptiness surrounding her, struggled with the absence of friends and family who had mysteriously vanished in the night.
In moments of solitude, Stalin turned to music, relishing the soothing notes of Mozart—a stark contrast to his reality steeped in bloodshed and tyranny.