Posted on 12/28/2008 5:45:05 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Stalin voted third most popular Russian By Dmitry Solovyov Dmitry Solovyov 17 mins ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was voted Russia's third most popular historical figure in a nationwide poll that ended on Sunday, despite the famine and purges that marked his rule.
The "Name of Russia" contest run by Rossiya state television channel over more than six months closed on Sunday night with a final vote via the Internet and mobile phones. It drew more than 50 million votes in a nation of 143 million.
Millions of Soviet citizens perished from famine during forced collectivization, were executed as "enemies of the people" or died in Gulag hard labor camps during Stalin's rule which lasted for almost 30 years until his death in 1953.
"We now have to think very seriously, why the nation chooses to put Josef Vissarionovich Stalin in third place," prominent actor and film director Nikita Mikhalkov, one of the contest's judges, said after the results of the vote flashed on a screen.
"We may find ourselves in a situation where absolute power and voluntarism that ignores people's opinions may prevail in our country, if a fairly large part of the nation wants it."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
GOD are the Russians that brain washed seem like it
Well this is depressing.
Uhh, Stalin wasn’t Russian.
He’s in such august company with the False Messiah, too.
Notice who came in first and second: a saint of the Russian Church who prevented the forcible conversion of Russia to papism, and an agrarian reformer who cracked down on leftist revolutionaries.
Don’t be too depressed.
Solzhenitsyn didn’t vote in this poll.
Thanks. That was a helpful reminder.
But Stalin???
Quite true. Now notice this disturbing tangent:
Hitler wasn't German.
Obama isn't American.
Just a thought. We're in for some serious pain beginning in three weeks.
Just like here in the US - Russian politics are complicated and the country is split roughly to the left and right. Pray for Russia. Pray for the US.
What about Anna Kournakova?
Stalin’s ghost was quoted as saying, “Damn, if I had only know, I would have killed millions more.”
Was reading the other day about Alexander Nevsky — another Russian so-called “hero”.
In reality he was not so much a defender of Russia as he was an administrator for its Mongol conquerors.
And the famous victory over the Teutonic Knights? His forces outnumbered theirs five to one. (In fact there were only 20 actual Teutonic knights present on the field of battle. )
“At the top of the list was 13th century prince Alexander Nevsky, who defeated German invaders, followed by Pyotr Stolypin, a prime minister in the early 20th century known for agrarian reforms and a clampdown on leftist revolutionaries.”
So they pick an anti-leftist aka ideological opposite of Stalin as 2, but pick Stalin as 3? WTF?
“’We have been living under capitalism for 20 years now and so what? We are now a rank-and-file country, no longer a superpower. Our voice is weak both in economics and politics, and key decisions are sometimes taken without us.’”
That would be the result of a failed leftist system, but as a result they idolize the chief leftist who cause this state of affairs?!
Concusion: Russians are schizophrenic as a nation. Seriously, they’re nuts. There is no other explanation for a nation so blessed in intellect (chess is a major sport there) and natural resouces to be such backwater.
More details in the UK Telegraph article:
At last, Stalin is defeated by Russian voters
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5409349.ece
1 Alexander Nevsky 524,575
2 Peter Stolypin 523,766
3 Joseph Stalin 519,071
4 Alexander Pushkin 516,608
5 Tsar Peter the Great 448,857
6 Vladimir Lenin 424,283
No Natasha Kinski?
Agreed on both counts. America is as infeccted with leftist corruption as Russia, but there is more wealth here to plunder before Atlas truly Shrugs. Unfortunately, we are headed down a similar path.
God help both nations. And us all...
How about Boris Baddenoff?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.