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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I have been watching France 24s coverage a lot during this crisis and today they had a bit about Stalin nostalgia in Russia and showed examples of new statues and Stalin museums going up in Russia. They interviewed some people about what they thought and some of the answers I think demonstrate how it doesn't matter what information is readily available. One lady said she approved of the Stalin statue, and when asked about the bad things Stalin did, her reaction wasn't denial. She said that if you think about the negative things, you will feel negative, so it's better to not think about those things. Another man, whose grandfather was killed by Stalin said that it was OK and put the blame on the local authorities fallowing orders, and not on Stalin. Everybody they asked seems OK with recent images of Stalin being put up in places.
So it wasn't even that they are not aware of the bad things, they just think they are excusable or not worth considering.
Small sample size of course, so I don't know if this means that much, just thought it was interesting.
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I'm curious as to Pointman's perspective on this, how is Stalin taught in schools or as general history? He's pretty comparable to Hitler in my mind, but I doubt that's the case in Russian classes