Putin has made it so Stalin and his WWII victory over Hitler is the reference point by which millenials trace their national pride and identity.
The grandparents and parents of people my age continue to live under the weight of their traumas, secrets, and unresolved histories. Archives to things related to the Gulag and other records that were burst open shortly following Glasnost/Perestroika era are locked shut under Putin.
Lenin’s body remains unburied and lies in open display in Red Square in the manner of a saint.
The traumas of the Soviet era are not always as obvious as Gulag imprisonment. For example, did you know that at certain points in the 60s and 70s, there were five to seven abortions for every birth among Russian women? (The Soviet Union was the first country of the modern era to legalize the practice in the 1920s give or take a few phases of restrictions.) Those realities leave scars.
And abortion culture is just one of the major hurdles Russians must get over especially to address their demographic crisis.
Yeah, it would be better if Hitler had won, because Millennials are ignorant, Then Putin couldn't point out how Russians are patriotic, tough and resilient.
The grandparents and parents of people my age continue to live under the weight of their traumas, secrets, and unresolved histories.
Yeah, modern Russians are snowflakes.
Archives to things related to the Gulag and other records that were burst open shortly following Glasnost/Perestroika era are locked shut under Putin.
Good thing the Russians didn't hold the Kennedy assassination records.
Lenin’s body remains unburied and lies in open display in Red Square in the manner of a saint.
So Pope Frank can visit him?
The traumas of the Soviet era are not always as obvious as Gulag imprisonment. For example, did you know that at certain points in the 60s and 70s, there were five to seven abortions for every birth among Russian women? (The Soviet Union was the first country of the modern era to legalize the practice in the 1920s give or take a few phases of restrictions.)
That really is below the belt, even for you, Putin has spoken out against abortion: Putin’s Next Target Is Russia’s Abortion Culture
Unlike American DemoRat's Planned Parenthood selling baby parts.