The teacher who failed Stalin's son Stalin's son, Vasily, went to an elite gymnasium. There he did not hesitate to show his spoiled nature: he listened to no one, argued and refused to answer in class. The teachers, considering his "special status," turned a blind eye. But the history teacher would not tolerate such behavior and gave Vasily a "D" for a quarter The director of the gymnasium, upon learning of this, fired the teacher. Desperate, the teacher decided to write a letter to Stalin himself. In the letter he described what had happened in vivid detail. After sending the letter nothing happened for several months, but one day NKVD officers knocked on the teacher's door. When the teacher opened the door, he was...