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Standard of living in the USSR
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Standard of living in the USSR

If the USSR was such a good place to live (60% of Russians in 2016, ...

“Stalin prepared the USSR well for the war”
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“Stalin prepared the USSR well for the war”

Among defenders of the regime, patriots, Stalinists, and other representatives of Russian conservative movements, a ...

The Kravchenko case – a resounding defeat for Stalinism
The Kravchenko case – a resounding defeat for Stalinism

It would be all too naive to believe that Nikita Khrushchev denounced some of the ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Stalin and antisemitism
Stalin and antisemitism

Accusing Joseph Stalin of antisemitism is a rather serious matter, because if he was an ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”
“Under Stalin, people were repressed for a reason”

Russian society has grown so desperate from witnessing rampant corruption that it instinctively, subconsciously desires ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Smearing one’s own history”
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“Smearing one’s own history”

A convenient trick of political propaganda is the accusation of “smearing history” (also known as ...

“Slandered Stalin”
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“Slandered Stalin”

If we take several books from the vast body of journalistic literature that satisfies public ...

“Life was good under Stalin”
“Life was good under Stalin”

When we examined the achievements of the Bolsheviks, we noted that the standard of living ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

Dachas of Stalin
Dachas of Stalin

Today, not all billionaires own more than a few villas – maintenance, security, taxes, and ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

“Stalin is not responsible for the repressions”
“Stalin is not responsible for the repressions”

Historians of a pro-Stalin orientation sometimes claim that Joseph Stalin either did not take part ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov

How Stalin killed communists
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How Stalin killed communists

As we have already discussed in a separate article, Joseph Stalin carried out a conservative ...

“The Bolsheviks started the Civil War”
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“The Bolsheviks started the Civil War”

A very widespread claim is that the Bolsheviks unleashed the Civil War in Russia, and ...

Joseph Stalin’s coup d’état
Joseph Stalin’s coup d’état

If someone had claimed back in 1922 that Joseph Stalin would become the leader of ...

Abel Rodionov

Abel Rodionov