FYI, Wikipedia says that "according to recent estimates on the basis of archival documents, about 18-20 million people had been prisoners in camps and colonies throughout the period of Stalinism at one point or another". And this figure does not include the POWs.
I agree that this discussion does not not belong here. However, it's sad to see that so long after these tragic events, some people have learned next to nothing.
Well, it would appear that many Russians are proud to be Stalin's heirs. Unlike in Germany, there is little or no recognition of the terrible crimes that the Soviet Union inflicted on other people, which dwarf the worst excesses of the Nazis (at least 20 milion people were murdered in the Gulag, a figure which would probably make Hitler envious).
I'm sure the Estonians would have left the monument alone, if the "liberators" would have gone after 1945 back to their country and left them be. Instead, they deported or massacred 1/3 af the population, and brought in hordes of Russian settlers in an atempt to alter the structure of the population. So don't try to make this into a "Nazi-versus-the-free-world" issue. It's the USSR versus the free world. Remember that WWII was started by the joint attack of Germany and the USSR against Poland.
But the whole story has a humourous side, too. The former masters of the Gulag have been reduced to script-kiddie tactics. Way to go! Stalin must be turning in his grave:-)
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FYI, Wikipedia says that "according to recent estimates on the basis of archival documents, about 18-20 million people had been prisoners in camps and colonies throughout the period of Stalinism at one point or another". And this figure does not include the POWs. I agree that this discussion does not not belong here. However, it's sad to see that so long after these tragic events, some people have learned next to nothing.
Well, it would appear that many Russians are proud to be Stalin's heirs. Unlike in Germany, there is little or no recognition of the terrible crimes that the Soviet Union inflicted on other people, which dwarf the worst excesses of the Nazis (at least 20 milion people were murdered in the Gulag, a figure which would probably make Hitler envious).
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I'm sure the Estonians would have left the monument alone, if the "liberators" would have gone after 1945 back to their country and left them be. Instead, they deported or massacred 1/3 af the population, and brought in hordes of Russian settlers in an atempt to alter the structure of the population. So don't try to make this into a "Nazi-versus-the-free-world" issue. It's the USSR versus the free world. Remember that WWII was started by the joint attack of Germany and the USSR against Poland.
But the whole story has a humourous side, too. The former masters of the Gulag have been reduced to script-kiddie tactics. Way to go! Stalin must be turning in his grave