[Borges]

to defend Duranty (just barely)..he won the prize in 1932...before the purges and only a year or two after Stalin had really consolidated power. though I'm sure that was enouh time for Uncle Joe to do something or other that caused innocent Russian deaths. But the purges everyone talks about were in 36 or so.

[sergey1973]

Purges were going on throughout Stalin (and Lenin) years in power 1917-1953. 1934-1938 was a peak of political arrests and executions after Kirov Assassination, but the purges and arbitrary arrests never really stopped for all the years of Lenin and Stalin reign.

[Kozak]

to defend Duranty (just barely)..he won the prize in 1932...before the purges and only a year or two after Stalin had really consolidated power. though I'm sure that was enouh time for Uncle Joe to do something or other that caused innocent Russian deaths. But the purges everyone talks about were in 36 or so.

That pig Duranty LIED about the fact that millions were STARVING in the Uklraine and the Cossack lands on the Volga. There is no defense for him. None.