As the Red Army melted into scattered pockets of token resistance and the German tanks rushed from Moscow all looked lost.
红军被分解为一小撮一小撮进行象征性抵抗,德国坦克冲进莫斯科,苏联看来真要完了
Supposedly Stalin experienced a nervous breakdown, but he returned to the national spotlight on July 3, 1941.
可能斯大林一度精神崩溃,但他在1941年7月3日又回到了公众视线中
In a famous speech broadcast on nationwide radio, Stalin called upon his "brothers and sisters" to save Russia.
他在国家电台发表了一篇着名演讲呼吁"兄弟姐妹们"共同拯救俄国
Russia! The devout Marxists of the anti-nationalist Soviet Union
俄国!这位虔诚的马克思主义者以及反民族主义者
now considered themselves to be fighting a Great Patriotic War for the sake of Holy Mother Russia.
现在认为自己正在进行伟大的卫国战争,为神圣的俄国母亲而战!
What would Marx say? And who cares?
马克思会说什么呢?谁又在乎呢
Segment 23e: Conclusions
23段第五部分,结论
1.No Clear Successor
1.没有明确的接班人
There were plenty of experienced candidates who wanted to succeed Lenin, but there was no anointed successor.
有很多经验丰富的候选人想要接列宁的班,但却没有指定的接班人
The job eventually went to the one person who saw what was coming and made a plan.
这份工作最后就落到了一个人头上,这个人根据未来发展的趋势制定了计划
Joseph Stalin was considered to be a bureaucratic non-entity.
约瑟夫·斯大林被认为是一个官僚的非实体
Supposedly he was xxx nationality only because he was Georgian, and therefore member of a minority himself.
假设他是……,因为他是格鲁吉亚人,因此他自己就是个少数民族了