Quote Originally Posted by smithnweson
I feel bad for alot of Ruskies because there was some poll done recently and huge number of people thought Stalin would be a great leader even today, and that they would elect him.
Isn't it amazing after 50 years of an Anti-Stalin brainwashing campaign started by Nikita Khrushev? Don't you think that people that lived through that era or those who have relatives had this experience know something you don't know since you are foreigner.

Quote Originally Posted by smithnweson
The Soviet state of mind is realy an amazing bit of psychology/scoiology, talk about pulling the wool over the sheeps eyes.
Our state of mind is fine, thank you. Why are you so sure that your information about subject is something inarguable? Russian historians themselves have different opinions on this one. Soviet archives are just started to be explored and the truth is comming.

Quote Originally Posted by smithnweson
Stalin was horrible and yet even here people defend him, tell that to all your dead comrades and familys that no longer exist because of him, he must have killed most of the intelligent people off.
Sadly I have a relative dissapered in the horrible 1937. And believe me I want to know the full truth of that time. Being a kid the simple explanations like Stalin was evil, paranoiac etc suited me but not for a long time because I'm rather investigative. And the more I read serious history researchers and eyewitness' memories the more I understand the time and what really happened.

Quote Originally Posted by smithnweson
Russian rational=out of sight, out of mind!