Soviet slogan

[Robert A. Rothstein]

Gerald Janecek wrote:
> Dear Seelangers,
>
> Could anyone supply me with the exact wording of the Soviet slogan 
> that I recall approximately as "Kommunisticheskaia Partiia-- eto um, 
> chest' i sovest' nashei epokhi"?  Also the source, if it comes, say, 
> from Lenin?
>
According to _Bol'shoi slovar' krylatykh slov russkogo iazyka_, compiled 
by Berkov, Mokienko and Shulezhkova, Lenin, in his 1917 article 
"Politicheskii shantazh," wrote "...ei (partii) my verim, v nei my vidim 
um, chest' i sovest' nashei epokhi..." The editors note that "do ser. 
1980-kh gg. upotr. dlia opredeleniia znach. KPSS v zhizni sov. 
obshchestva; so vtoroi poloviny 1980-kh gg. upotr. ironicheski."

Bob Rothstein

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