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The Constituent Assembly in Russia in 1917
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The Constituent Assembly in Russia in 1917

The phrase “Constituent Assembly” is familiar to many people who have read books or textbooks ...

Tony Blair and the myths about him
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Tony Blair and the myths about him

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was the leader of the Labour Party of Great Britain ...

Russian socialists of the 20th century on the path to progressive social democracy
Russian socialists of the 20th century on the path to progressive social democracy

The revolution in Russia and the victory of the Bolsheviks cast a whole stratum of ...

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Abel Rodionov

Who is Lula da Silva
Who is Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, most often referred to simply as “Lula” (as is often ...

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Abel Rodionov

Soviets as bodies of authority
Soviets as bodies of authority

Communists often express the point of view according to which the current parliamentary model of ...

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Abel Rodionov

“United Europe” vs. the USSR: how stalinists quote Goebbels
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“United Europe” vs. the USSR: how stalinists quote Goebbels

Among Stalinists, imperialists, and other “patriotic” movements, a popular point of view is that during ...

The causes of the collapse of the USSR
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The causes of the collapse of the USSR

The disappearance of the Soviet Union as a state still remains an uncomprehended problem: in ...

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

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

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Abel Rodionov

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

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

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Abel Rodionov

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 ...

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Abel Rodionov

Stalin and antisemitism
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Stalin and antisemitism

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

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

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

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

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

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Abel Rodionov

“Slandered Stalin”
“Slandered Stalin”

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

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Abel Rodionov

“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 ...

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Abel Rodionov

Dachas of Stalin
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Dachas of Stalin

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

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

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

How Stalin killed communists
How Stalin killed communists

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

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Abel Rodionov

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

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

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Abel Rodionov

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 ...

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Abel Rodionov