No he was not, and not for the reason you are implying.
For a long time he walked from his flat to the Kreml to work and back. He had a bodyguard, but what could one dude do in such a situation should anything happen. The party leadership prerssured him to use a car instead. What did Koba do afterwards? Gave people rides if their destination was on the way.
Also his bodyguard was…not exactly perfect. Dude sometimes slept on the job and once handed Stalin his service gun “for security”, before snoozing off. Stalin kept him.
During the late 20 and early 30s, Stalin defended people from accusations of having conspired to kill him until it came out… that they indeed had planned to kill him.
I imagine Beria and co. lost most of their hair worrying about how to keep their boss safe. Koba was running around with a moral west before Castro coined the term.
No he was not, and not for the reason you are implying.
For a long time he walked from his flat to the Kreml to work and back. He had a bodyguard, but what could one dude do in such a situation should anything happen. The party leadership prerssured him to use a car instead. What did Koba do afterwards? Gave people rides if their destination was on the way.
Also his bodyguard was…not exactly perfect. Dude sometimes slept on the job and once handed Stalin his service gun “for security”, before snoozing off. Stalin kept him.
During the late 20 and early 30s, Stalin defended people from accusations of having conspired to kill him until it came out… that they indeed had planned to kill him.
I imagine Beria and co. lost most of their hair worrying about how to keep their boss safe. Koba was running around with a moral west before Castro coined the term.
lmao imagine handing Stalin your service gun and telling him “hey can you cover for me pls i want to take a nap thanks comrade”