[DIRTYSECRET]

I read half of it. A lotta dry reading. Anne Applebaum wrote another. Read half of it too. Russians say it’s in the past and would just as soon forget it.

Stalins mistake was thinking slave labor would lead to development.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Stalin is the Prince Of Thieves.

[Dr. Sivana]

I read half of it. A lotta dry reading.

In college, I was assigned Vol. II, which was not dry, but is as depressing as anything, right up there with Crime and Punishment. No one can write downers like Russians.

I think the good Dr. Jordan Peterson would be well-served to put down the Russian literature and Nietzsche for a while, and pick up some P.G. Wodehouse or G.K. Chesterton.

[EastTexasTraveler]

I have read all of it. It is not easy reading, but very enlightening. He makes references to things Russians would understand that we know nothing about, but still well worth reading.

[bhl]

The condensed ones with a forward by Jordan Peterson is good. However much you read is worth it.

The forward is online and worth listening to: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJwEBizQgYI

[Mount Athos]

“Russians say it’s in the past and would just as soon forget it.”

Starting in 2009, excerpts from this book are required reading for all Russian high school students