The archives reveal a fascinating sequel: once he understood the ambitious modernity of Tukhachevsky's strategies, Stalin apologised to him: "Now the question has become clearer to me, I have to agree that my remark was too strong and my conclusions were not right at all."
Arkiverne viser en fantastisk følge: Da han først forstod Tukhatjevskijs ambitiøse strategier, undskyldte Stalin over for ham: ”Nu da sagen er blevet klar for mig, må jeg indrømme at min bemærkning var for grov og at min konklusion ikke var rigtig.”