found on reddit most there dont seem to get this is a good thing lol
source https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19590924.2.13&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- TIL that during Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to the Mesla Machine Company steel plant in Pittsburgh, a worker named Kenneth Jackey handed him a cigar. Khrushchev didn’t smoke and in return, gave Jackey his wristwatch. Later, Jackey had the watch appraised for insurance and was told it was worth only $14.
wonder if that watch still exists and how much it would actually be appraised for (by someone other than an insurance company). Hell, I’d buy it for quite a lot xD
Now, why would a principled communist want anything that belonged to that revisionist nutjob?
(Tbf, there is a piece of communist history of a similar nature (the teddy bear that East Germany gave to Fidel Castro) I’d like to know what happened to, so I can’t be too critical.)
It’s listed for $104 on Zazzle
That’s funny, actually. I’d wear something like that, if I actually liked Khrushchev enough to make the jokes that go with it. Or if it was the end of the Cold War and jokes about him were still topical.