by aleksandrored » Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:30 pm
I'm bringing this translated article that came out in a matter here, I hope you like it:
The Al Capone of the Caucasus, by Jota A. Botelho
They say that the occasion makes the thief, but not here in Brazil where the art of stealing has always been a constant. And two great artists such as comrades Al and Iosif (later known as Josef) would be scandalized by our true cats. "It's our branch, Comrade Stalin, but like there, impossible," Scarface would say, a nickname affectionately attributed to Al Capone, after the razors he received on the left cheek. 'And no one goes to jail, Comrade Al. Nor by tax evasion', would complete Stalin's intimate nickname, Koba, with a mischievous chuckle on his lips hidden by his pipe and a protruding mustache whose cheeks were marked by childhood pox. 'That was an injustice, comrade. Where has it been declared expropriation as income, capisci? ", He would rebuff Capone with a broad smile and a cigar at the corner of his mouth.
For these two great 'expropriators' - so to speak - terrorized the cities of Chicago, USA, and Tiflis or Tbilisi in the Caucasus, each in its own way and for different reasons. One came to become the King of Chicago, and the other the new Czar of the Soviet Era, proving that the crime pays, AND MUCH, both here in Brazil and out there.
THE CHICAGO EXPROPRIATOR
Al Capone: from Time magazine to Public Enemy no. 1. Downtown: wandering the streets of Chicago with its CEOs and MBA's from the 1930s.
In Chicago, in the midst of the dry-law era, between the 1920s and 1930s, while the staff filled Al Capone's face he filled his pockets. The formula was simple: economic depression drowns more drought equal to high profitability in beverage smuggling. Besides other fun activities such as prostitution and gambling. From one of the pockets also came tips for politicians, media, judges, prosecutors and police officers. Thus the equation became clear and closed the bill: economic power through widespread corruption plus political power equal to gangsterism. Any questions, comrades?
THE CAUCASUS EXPROPRIATOR
Clandestine meeting of Tbilisi workers held under Stalin's leadership.
On the other side, in the Caucasus, in the city of Tbilisi, the Russian Georgian Josef (or one of its various codenames) stirred the masses and, in the meantime, robbed banks in the name of the revolution that would come ten years later in 1917.
THE STEEL MAN
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (later known as Josef Stalin) was born in a small village in the Georgian town of Gori. Son of a poor family, his father was a cobbler and an alcoholic, and the seamstress mother was quite religious. At age seven, contracted smallpox, disease that left his face marked, other physical accidents. Sent by his mother to the seminary in Tbilisi (now Tbilisi), the capital of Georgia, to study for the purpose of becoming a priest, but the young Stalin never completed his education and was expelled, being drawn to the active revolutionary circles of the city. Stalin eventually became a great revolutionary agitator, participating in the indoctrination of the region's workers, organizing strikes and sabotage, especially after he joined the Bolshevik party when he assumed his leadership in the Caucasus. He was arrested on a number of occasions and planned the assault on the Imperial Bank in Tbilisi, which he regarded as an 'expropriation' to support the revolutionary cause, while Lenin and other leaders were exiled abroad by publishing articles and analyzing the revolutionary situation of the working class russian With his financial aid he gained the sympathy of Lenin for his loyalty and firmness to the ideals of the revolution.
THE ASSAULT TO TBILISI BANK
Young Stalin well dressed as a 'godfather', the central square of Tbilisi and the comrade's chart in one of his countless prisons.
The assault on the Tiflis bank, also known as the expropriation of the Yerevan Square, was on 26 June 1907, in the city of Tbilisi or Tiflis, in the Caucasus, then part of the Russian Empire. A bank package was stolen by the Bolsheviks to finance their revolutionary activities. The assailants attacked the bank's diligence, and police and military personnel used the bombs and guns while the vehicle was loaded across the square between the post office and a branch of the State Bank of the Russian Empire. In the attack about 40 to 50 people died and the explosions of bombs and the shots of arms. The state bank never calculated the right amount of the assault. The rate was about 250,000 to 340 million rubles, a giant sum at that time (something supposedly about $ 4 million, in current values).
The assault was organized by Stalin and a group of leaders led by the city of Gender and a seminary colleague, the 'bandit' and the Bolshevik revolutionary Simon Arshaki Ter-Petrosian (Kamo) of Armenian descent. It was by far the most inspired by the Bolsheviks and caused great international influence and within the revolutionary parties of all Europe; however it was less profitable. The problem was that the live live was in high-value notes, which were especially marked, and their serial numbers were known to the police. No last weekend was too loud. Lenin publicly distanced himself from any connection with assault. As was normal in all previous 'expropriations', Stalin passed on some of his stolen time to Lenin himself, and he was even introduced by Kamo elsewhere in the Geneva robbery.
THE 'BANDIT' REVOLUTIONARY
Comrades Koba (Josef Stalin) and Kamo (Simon Ter-Petrosian, the revolutionary villain) and material published in The New York Times, June 27, 1907.
Kamo was caught in Germany shortly after the robbery, but successfully avoided a criminal trial by pretending insanity for more than three years. He managed to escape from his psychiatric ward, but was caught two years later in planning another assault. Kamo was sentenced to death for his crimes, including the assault of 1907, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment; was released after the Revolution of 1917. None of the other major participants or organizers of the robbery was brought to trial. After his death, a tomb and a monument to Kamo were erected near the Yerevan Square in Pushkin Gardens. This monument was later removed, and the remains of Kamo were moved elsewhere.
On the assault and participation of Kamo, Krupskaya, Lenin's wife, wrote in her memoirs:
"In July 1907, an expropriation attack was made in Yerevan Square in Tbilisi. At the height of the revolution, when the struggle against autocracy was fought on an extended front, the Bolsheviks found it admissible to take tsardial funds by making expropriation incursions. money that was obtained in the Tbilisi attack was handed over to the Bolsheviks for revolutionary purposes, but the money could not be used, it was all in 500 ruble notes that had to be changed. Now, when the reaction was rampant, it was necessary to arrange for escapes from the prison where the Czarist government brutally treated the revolutionaries.To keep the movement alive, it was necessary to organize illegal print factories, etc. Money was very necessary.And so a group of comrades tried to change 500 rubles simultaneously in several cities abroad, a few days after our arrival. Zhitomirsky, a provocative agent, knew this and participated in the organization of the exchange. No one knew at the time that he was a spy and enjoyed complete confidence, although he had already betrayed Comrade Kamo, who was arrested in Berlin with a suitcase containing dynamite. Kamo was held in a German jail for a long time and then handed over to the Russian authorities. Zhitomirsky had warned police about trying to change ruble notes, and those involved were arrested. A member of the Zurich group, Lett, was arrested in Stockholm, and Olga Ravich, a member of the Geneva group who had recently returned from Russia, was arrested in Munich with Bogdassarian and Khojamirian "
(I did not put in the articles because I did not know if the staff would find it interesting to place.)
I'm bringing this translated article that came out in a matter here, I hope you like it:
[b]The Al Capone of the Caucasus, by Jota A. Botelho[/b]
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r0ejwtbSux8/Wy7bq4P7ImI/AAAAAAAACb0/GBxEaR0T2UYozp8FXizMr-7S9Mc6veAmACLcBGAs/s1600/01.jpg[/img]
They say that the occasion makes the thief, but not here in Brazil where the art of stealing has always been a constant. And two great artists such as comrades Al and Iosif (later known as Josef) would be scandalized by our true cats. "It's our branch, Comrade Stalin, but like there, impossible," Scarface would say, a nickname affectionately attributed to Al Capone, after the razors he received on the left cheek. 'And no one goes to jail, Comrade Al. Nor by tax evasion', would complete Stalin's intimate nickname, Koba, with a mischievous chuckle on his lips hidden by his pipe and a protruding mustache whose cheeks were marked by childhood pox. 'That was an injustice, comrade. Where has it been declared expropriation as income, capisci? ", He would rebuff Capone with a broad smile and a cigar at the corner of his mouth.
For these two great 'expropriators' - so to speak - terrorized the cities of Chicago, USA, and Tiflis or Tbilisi in the Caucasus, each in its own way and for different reasons. One came to become the King of Chicago, and the other the new Czar of the Soviet Era, proving that the crime pays, AND MUCH, both here in Brazil and out there.
[b]THE CHICAGO EXPROPRIATOR[/b]
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZDyElqiiSMc/Wy7brD0bnDI/AAAAAAAACb8/KuHmREWzP4M5xHtA89aMxBX7nnOYOGd0QCLcBGAs/s1600/02.jpg[/img]
[i]Al Capone: from Time magazine to Public Enemy no. 1. Downtown: wandering the streets of Chicago with its CEOs and MBA's from the 1930s.[/i]
In Chicago, in the midst of the dry-law era, between the 1920s and 1930s, while the staff filled Al Capone's face he filled his pockets. The formula was simple: economic depression drowns more drought equal to high profitability in beverage smuggling. Besides other fun activities such as prostitution and gambling. From one of the pockets also came tips for politicians, media, judges, prosecutors and police officers. Thus the equation became clear and closed the bill: economic power through widespread corruption plus political power equal to gangsterism. Any questions, comrades?
[b]THE CAUCASUS EXPROPRIATOR[/b]
[img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-03EK-5CB0Qs/Wy7briR4fxI/AAAAAAAACcA/t0X1zxsnlhAmU2NAt-cmwFYExm5XymWAgCLcBGAs/s1600/04.jpg[/img]
[i]Clandestine meeting of Tbilisi workers held under Stalin's leadership.[/i]
On the other side, in the Caucasus, in the city of Tbilisi, the Russian Georgian Josef (or one of its various codenames) stirred the masses and, in the meantime, robbed banks in the name of the revolution that would come ten years later in 1917.
[b]THE STEEL MAN[/b]
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (later known as Josef Stalin) was born in a small village in the Georgian town of Gori. Son of a poor family, his father was a cobbler and an alcoholic, and the seamstress mother was quite religious. At age seven, contracted smallpox, disease that left his face marked, other physical accidents. Sent by his mother to the seminary in Tbilisi (now Tbilisi), the capital of Georgia, to study for the purpose of becoming a priest, but the young Stalin never completed his education and was expelled, being drawn to the active revolutionary circles of the city. Stalin eventually became a great revolutionary agitator, participating in the indoctrination of the region's workers, organizing strikes and sabotage, especially after he joined the Bolshevik party when he assumed his leadership in the Caucasus. He was arrested on a number of occasions and planned the assault on the Imperial Bank in Tbilisi, which he regarded as an 'expropriation' to support the revolutionary cause, while Lenin and other leaders were exiled abroad by publishing articles and analyzing the revolutionary situation of the working class russian With his financial aid he gained the sympathy of Lenin for his loyalty and firmness to the ideals of the revolution.
[b]THE ASSAULT TO TBILISI BANK[/b]
[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d_E74nJWsEg/Wy7brI7uAwI/AAAAAAAACb4/sk8UugTwZP01ROA-0ximiLn7lu2UnQY3gCLcBGAs/s1600/03.jpg[/img]
[i]Young Stalin well dressed as a 'godfather', the central square of Tbilisi and the comrade's chart in one of his countless prisons.
[/i]
The assault on the Tiflis bank, also known as the expropriation of the Yerevan Square, was on 26 June 1907, in the city of Tbilisi or Tiflis, in the Caucasus, then part of the Russian Empire. A bank package was stolen by the Bolsheviks to finance their revolutionary activities. The assailants attacked the bank's diligence, and police and military personnel used the bombs and guns while the vehicle was loaded across the square between the post office and a branch of the State Bank of the Russian Empire. In the attack about 40 to 50 people died and the explosions of bombs and the shots of arms. The state bank never calculated the right amount of the assault. The rate was about 250,000 to 340 million rubles, a giant sum at that time (something supposedly about $ 4 million, in current values).
The assault was organized by Stalin and a group of leaders led by the city of Gender and a seminary colleague, the 'bandit' and the Bolshevik revolutionary Simon Arshaki Ter-Petrosian (Kamo) of Armenian descent. It was by far the most inspired by the Bolsheviks and caused great international influence and within the revolutionary parties of all Europe; however it was less profitable. The problem was that the live live was in high-value notes, which were especially marked, and their serial numbers were known to the police. No last weekend was too loud. Lenin publicly distanced himself from any connection with assault. As was normal in all previous 'expropriations', Stalin passed on some of his stolen time to Lenin himself, and he was even introduced by Kamo elsewhere in the Geneva robbery.
[b]THE 'BANDIT' REVOLUTIONARY[/b]
[img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJDpWCt_m0I/Wy7bsJFrZiI/AAAAAAAACcE/Hai88nzt-UcN7BqNv1JlSTDha4gIL462wCLcBGAs/s1600/05.jpg[/img]
[i]Comrades Koba (Josef Stalin) and Kamo (Simon Ter-Petrosian, the revolutionary villain) and material published in The New York Times, June 27, 1907.
[/i]
Kamo was caught in Germany shortly after the robbery, but successfully avoided a criminal trial by pretending insanity for more than three years. He managed to escape from his psychiatric ward, but was caught two years later in planning another assault. Kamo was sentenced to death for his crimes, including the assault of 1907, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment; was released after the Revolution of 1917. None of the other major participants or organizers of the robbery was brought to trial. After his death, a tomb and a monument to Kamo were erected near the Yerevan Square in Pushkin Gardens. This monument was later removed, and the remains of Kamo were moved elsewhere.
On the assault and participation of Kamo, Krupskaya, Lenin's wife, wrote in her memoirs:
"In July 1907, an expropriation attack was made in Yerevan Square in Tbilisi. At the height of the revolution, when the struggle against autocracy was fought on an extended front, the Bolsheviks found it admissible to take tsardial funds by making expropriation incursions. money that was obtained in the Tbilisi attack was handed over to the Bolsheviks for revolutionary purposes, but the money could not be used, it was all in 500 ruble notes that had to be changed. Now, when the reaction was rampant, it was necessary to arrange for escapes from the prison where the Czarist government brutally treated the revolutionaries.To keep the movement alive, it was necessary to organize illegal print factories, etc. Money was very necessary.And so a group of comrades tried to change 500 rubles simultaneously in several cities abroad, a few days after our arrival. Zhitomirsky, a provocative agent, knew this and participated in the organization of the exchange. No one knew at the time that he was a spy and enjoyed complete confidence, although he had already betrayed Comrade Kamo, who was arrested in Berlin with a suitcase containing dynamite. Kamo was held in a German jail for a long time and then handed over to the Russian authorities. Zhitomirsky had warned police about trying to change ruble notes, and those involved were arrested. A member of the Zurich group, Lett, was arrested in Stockholm, and Olga Ravich, a member of the Geneva group who had recently returned from Russia, was arrested in Munich with Bogdassarian and Khojamirian "
(I did not put in the articles because I did not know if the staff would find it interesting to place.)