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2. Adelkhanov incident in Tiflis: Keke, and also interview with Pravda, 27 Oct. 1935. RGASPI 558.4.655, S. P. Gogchilidze. See also Molodaya Gvardiya no. 12, 1939, pp. 43–45: Beso’s words recalled by S. P. Gogchilidze and Masho Abramidze—how Egnatashvili tried to persuade Beso. The Adelkhanov factory: Service, Stalin, p. 24. Stink: M. Isaev in Kaminsky-Vereshchagin, p. 45. The seminal moment, “If Beso had prevailed, no Stalin”: the phrase is that of Service, Stalin, p. 25. Letters mention me: GF IML 8.2.1.10.23–47, Simon Gogchilidze. Year off: GF IML 8.6.306.