Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Myths about Soviet Union

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Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union # 1 - Cold War > .

1:55 1: There were no elections in the Soviet Union. [there were unfree pseudo-elections]
4:58 2: Corruption did not exist in the Soviet Union. [corruption was rife]
8:04 3: People of the Soviet Union hated the regime. [knew no better]
10:32 4: The Soviet Union eradicated religion. [driven underground]
12:54 5: The Soviet Union was a worker’s paradise. [oppressed workers]
1:50 6: Soviet citizens were not allowed to leave USSR. [restrictions]
6:00 7: Soviet Union was totally dominant over its satellite states in East and Central Europe and dictated all of their policies. [only broad high-level control, strong economic control]
10:00 8: KGB as sole intelligence agency. [NOT = KGB & GRU] 
13:19 9: Subjugated peoples never protested against injustices [they did]
16:59 10: Myth of constant shortages, rationing, and famine. [sporadic - famines only in early '30s, '47]

Cold War

Lies, cultural myths, endemic corruption

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