Nikolai Yezhov - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• The following "paean of praise" by the Kazakh people's poet Jambyl Jabayev was translated by K. Altaysky and published in Pionerskaya Pravda (Pioneer's Truth, #171) on December 20, 1937:

Narkom Yezhov The million-voiced sonorous word flies from the peoples to batyr Yezhov: "Thanks, Yezhov, for raising the alarm, You stand on the guard for the country and Chief!" .. ... Here, everybody loves you, Comrade Yezhov! And the people repeat, gathering around: "Greetings to you, Stalin's faithful friend!" ...

Нарком Ежов Мильонноголосое звонкое слово Летит от народов к батыру Ежову: - Спасибо, Ежов, что, тревогу будя, Стоишь ты на страже страны и вождя!.. ... Здесь все тебя любят, товарищ Ежов! И вторит народ, собираясь вокруг: - Привет тебе, Сталина преданный друг!...