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stalin likes his rock 'n' roll
documentary about the endless power of stalin.
documentary about the endless power of stalin. (part 2)
end of the documentary about the endless power of stalin. (part 3)
really funny clip from the show little britain. i'll post more if you like this.
'get intimate with history'
the communist party in st petersburg has petitioned the orthodox church to canonise josef stalin if he wins a television poll to nominate the greatest russian in history. the soviet dictator, who was responsible for the deaths of around 15 million people during his 31-year reign of terror, is in second place in online voting for the name of russia competition. stalin last week surrendered a narrow lead to nicholas ii in the contest, which is based on the bbc's great britons series. but with a result not expected until the end of the year, the country's communists are convinced that stalin will still emerge the victor. while the poll, conducted by the state run rossiya channel, has been criticised for allowing multiple voting, there is little doubt that stalin has undergone a remarkable renaissance in recent years. opinion polls regularly name him russia's greatest post-revolution leader after vladimir putin, the prime minister. the wartime leader's resurgence owes much to the kremlin, which under mr putin's presidency appeared to support a campaign to rehabilitate stalin, with television documentaries, films and books released in recent years eulogising him. a newly published history text book, approved by the kremlin for use in all schools, glossed over the more unappealing parts of stalin's rule and ultimately concluded that he was the soviet union's most successful leader. "stalin is the most popular name in russia," said sergei malinkovich, the communist party leader who is driving the stalin canonisation campaign. "the people have forgiven him for the repressions, the collectivization, the elimination of cadres of the red army and other inevitable errors and tragedies of those cruel military and revolutionary times. "stalin has become the true national leader of russia. he turned a backward country into an industrial giant." yet the idea of tuning uncle joe into saint joe has so far won little official backing from the orthodox church, which was one of stalin's chief victims. seeking to establish atheism as the soviet union's official creed, stalin destroyed thousands of churches and sent tens of thousands of priests to the gulags and their deaths. despite the church's reluctance, st petersburg's communists are convinced their vision will come to pass. they have already commissioned religious icons depicting stalin with a halo round his head that have reportedly sold very well around the city. "by the end of the 21st century, icons of st josef stalin will be in every orthodox church," mr malinkovich said. source
joseph stalin's grandson has sued a newspaper for claiming the dictator ordered the killings of soviet citizens. yevgeny dzhugashvili is claiming damages of 9.5 million roubles (about £183,000) from the novaya gazeta newspaper and 500,000 roubles (about £9,600) from the author of an article that claims stalin signed death warrants for members of his politburo. rights groups say the case demonstrates another worrying attempt to paint a more benevolent picture of stalin, under whose rule millions perished. leonid zhura, a convinced stalinist who is representing mr dzhugashvili in court, said that the article - based on declassified kremlin documents - damaged stalin's reputation. he said: "half a century of lies have been poured over stalin's reputation and he cannot defend himself from the grave so this case is essential to put the record straight. "we want to rehabilitate stalin. he turned populations into peoples, he presided over a golden era in literature and the arts, he was a real leader." a phrase in the article saying stalin and the secret police committed grave crimes against their own people caused particular offence, mr zhura said. stalin's reputation remains a source of controversy. his supporters point out that he defeated nazism - after being double-crossed by hitler with whom he had made a secret deal to carve up poland - as well as making the soviet union a superpower. words of praise for the georgian-born bolshevik were unveiled last week on the marbled halls of a central moscow metro station. last year he was voted the third greatest russian in a national tv poll. and as the world marked the anniversary of the start of the second world war, the russian government condemned efforts to equate nazism with soviet communism. in a newspaper article, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov railed against "lies" and the "rewriting of history". however, stalin's critics point out that an estimated 15 to 20 million people perished under his rule and that slave labor was integral to his economy. "there is a change in society's view of stalin," anatoly yablokov, who authored the novaya gazeta article, said after a preliminary court hearing into mr dzhugashvili's case. "we hear much more now about how much of an effective manager stalin was, much more than in the 1990s, and much less about the repression." nikita petrov, a historian with the memorial human rights group, said: "the authorities are trying to build a bridge to the soviet union over the yeltsin years to idealize stalin. "they have decided it was too dangerous to delve into the horrors of our history. it is deeply sad. it is the football hooligan's view of history." source,source
malaria kills.
lightsaber duel will decide! stalinist vs trotskyst vs history teacher. another neat video from a saberbattle.com.
