In 1961 Yevtushenko also published Nasledniki Stalina (The Heirs of Stalin), in which he stated that although Stalin was dead, Stalinism and its legacy still dominated the country; in the poem he also directly addressed the Soviet government, imploring them to make sure that Stalin would "never rise again".
En 1961 Evtushenko tamén publicou Nasledniki Stalina un canto contra do stalinismo e o seu legado que malia morrer Stalin aínda dominaba o país; no poema tamén se dirixía directamente ao goberno soviético, implorándolle que fixese o suficiente para asegurar que Stalin non "ascendería outra vez".