http://russian-front.com/2010/03/04/fsb-defender-of-historical-truth/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:37:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://russian-front.com/2010/03/04/fsb-defender-of-historical-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 THE RUSSIAN FRONT » Vladimir Putin’s Reading List Fri, 04 Feb 2011 19:05:03 +0000 http://russian-front.com/?p=187#comment-1043 [...] to read about the Soviet Union. Given the ongoing debates about falsification of history (see here, here, and here, for example), Putin’s comments are instructive. The English version is here; the [...] [...] to read about the Soviet Union. Given the ongoing debates about falsification of history (see here, here, and here, for example), Putin’s comments are instructive. The English version is here; the [...]

]]> http://russian-front.com/2010/03/04/fsb-defender-of-historical-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-684 J. Otto Pohl Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:58:32 +0000 http://russian-front.com/?p=187#comment-684 Unless you were Jewish, German rule was generally a much better deal for people in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania than Soviet rule. Hence, the historical narratives of those countries rightfully emphasize the horror of Stalinism over Naziism or at least put them on an equal moral plane. This of course drives modern day Stalinists nuts, but I really fail to see how Stalin is morally superior to Hitler. In fact I would argue he was far worse. Almost nobody, least of all in Germany, is calling for a new Hitler. The same can not be said about Stalin and Russia or even Central Asia. I have noticed that a lot of Kyrgyz youth (early 20s) are enthusiastic Stalinists in the sense of supporting everything his regime did. Unless you were Jewish, German rule was generally a much better deal for people in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania than Soviet rule. Hence, the historical narratives of those countries rightfully emphasize the horror of Stalinism over Naziism or at least put them on an equal moral plane. This of course drives modern day Stalinists nuts, but I really fail to see how Stalin is morally superior to Hitler. In fact I would argue he was far worse. Almost nobody, least of all in Germany, is calling for a new Hitler. The same can not be said about Stalin and Russia or even Central Asia. I have noticed that a lot of Kyrgyz youth (early 20s) are enthusiastic Stalinists in the sense of supporting everything his regime did.

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