Ahem... :)
Not only that. Those in Stalin's prison camps were arrested, charged and sentensed (at least some visibility of law was maintained). You could be arrested by the false charge but...
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Ahem... :)
Not only that. Those in Stalin's prison camps were arrested, charged and sentensed (at least some visibility of law was maintained). You could be arrested by the false charge but...
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What? Great minds think alike, or didn't you know about it? ;)
apparently, that's what happened in Poland, in a way, too. My grandparents told me plenty of people felt obliged to cry, or at least look as depressed as possible, for fear they might get in trouble....
I think you are wrong. Most of the people loved him wholeheartedly, even many of those who were repressed (they saw it not as Stalin's fault, but as some kind of mistake). There were few of those...
No, the facts about the atrocities were made known only after his death. Really, my great-grandfather was arrested in 1940 and nobody has seen or heard of him ever since. But still my grandma told me...
Yes, Stalin was truly loved by the people. Well, by some of them anyway.
And a bit of homemade philosophy:
Evil can't be measured or compared. Evil is just evil, like a switch yes/no. So it's really impossible to say who is more evil they both are integral parts of...
A bit of humour in a gloomy subject.
Imagine you saw the results torn out of context, what would you think if you saw just this:
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8443/votefd2.jpg
I just wanted to make a comparison between Hitler and Stalin, both of which played an important role in the 20th century of Russia. I also suspect that Russians do not consider Stalin as evil as...
You forgot to include Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot and Genghis Khan in the list.
All of them are perfect candidates for 'the most evil man' title.
Along with Tomas de Torquemada, Vlad Tepes and Idi...
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