M. L. McCortney

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“The Battle of the Senate Palace” by M. L. McCortney

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The Battle of the Senate Palace4:59 A.M., June 22nd, 1951Moscow, Soviet Union The only sound inside the Senate Palace as night becomes morning, perhaps in the entire Kremlin, was the hammering of Stalin’s fingers on the typewriter keys. The sound mercifully pauses for a second. Stalin coughs, then returns to his tireless work, only pausing in his keystrokes to move to a new line. Presumably, he is preparing for his speech to commemorate the ten-year mark since the German invasion. “Should we check on him?” Valery whispers to the other guard...

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