Photos: Photos from the video
October 1941 Years Stalin prepared a feast in honor of two Western magnates – the British Lord Beaverbrook and the American Averell Harriman, according to Die Welt. Caviar, venison, fried pigs, ice cream, cognac, vodka and wine were served on the table. And that was at the moment when German tanks broke through to Moscow.
At this time, the German vanguard occupied Oryol and the defensive line of the USSR capital was broken. However, what happened at the reception in the Kremlin was very important, because there was a discussion about lend-lease deliveries. Then the Americans and the British decided to provide the USSR with $ 1 billion in material aid – naturally, by lease, until June 1942.
Then, at the meeting, Beaverbrock joked about Mikhail Kalinin and also remarked that “Stalin was constantly drinking alcohol from a small glass'. Two films were screened to the guests in the cinema hall.
Subsequently, Georgy Zhukov managed to achieve partial success in the battles of Vyazma and Bryansk – despite the massive captivity of Soviet soldiers, a defensive line formed around him. Moscow gradually began to form. To cheer up, Stalin organized a military parade in honor of the anniversary of the October Revolution. Workers' brigades built fortifications around Moscow, but the enemy did not appear – this was affected by a lack of fuel, ammunition and rains to wash the roads along which the tank army moved.