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Originally Posted by NBC
I think the more accurate representation is why the average Russian would follow him straight to hell - possibly the odd Georgian as well. For a large percentage of Soviets, Stalin was the provider of pain, destruction and death and in most cases if it looked like people were following, it was due to a Mosin–Nagant model 91/30 rifle barrel being pointed at one's spine.
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If you look at the loyalty that ethinic Russian's have to Stalin it was pretty amazing stuff. You can argue that the non native soviets at the time absolutely hated Stalin and for example the Ukrainian's greeted the Nazi's as liberators.
Even today there are Russian's that pine for the return of centralized controls and Josef Stalin.
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