: "The art to which I have devoted my life has been killed irrevocably by the conceited and ignorant party leaders. ... The upstarts who built their fortunes on the great teachings of Lenin have completely destroyed me. Losing confidence. Even if they swear by Lenin's doctrine, it is difficult for me to trust them, because they may have done worse things than the tyrant Stalin, and these people are not knowledgeable at all. Life has lost all meaning. I have encountered meanness, lies, deceit and slander, so I would like to end it as if I were free from evil... Please bury me next to my mother's grave."

----------Fadeev's suicide note