Ukraine Denounces Russian ‘Suppression’ Of Crimean Tatars - the Moscow Times
www.themoscowtimes.com -Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba made the comments on the 77th anniversary of the deportation of the minority group under Joseph Stalin.
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jugashvili; 18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. — Wikipedia
It’s NOT ‘Rehabilitating Stalin,’ but Mainstream Media Portrays Russia as VILLAIN to Trigger Alarm
www.rt.com -Western media’s misleading claim that Russia is glorifying Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin serves an obvious purpose: to prompt urgent calls from its readers for foreign intervention.
Arthur Adams: The Unassuming Swedish-Soviet Spy Who Exposed America’s Greatest Military Secret
sputniknews.com -In July 1945, US President Harry Truman informed Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that America had created “a new weapon of unusual destructive force.” To Truman’s surprise…
In Homeland of Soviet Dictator Stalin, Some Georgians Still Toast Him. Others Seek to Recount a Dark Past.
www.washingtonpost.com -There’s Stalin wine and Stalin statues. But much less to recognize Stalin-era atrocities.
Russian Voters Back Putin’s Bid to Rule the Country Until 2036
www.theglobeandmail.com -The amended constitution clears the way for Mr. Putin, already the country’s longest-serving ruler since Joseph Stalin, to approach the 43-year reign of Peter The Great
Letters: What Purpose Do Statues Serve? Does Removing Them ‘Destroy History’?
www.twincities.com -When statues are removed, or military bases renamed, does this “destroy history”? Did the removal of the statues of Joseph Stalin and Saddam Hussein “erase history”? What pu…
Let’s Have Fewer Public Statues
reason.com -Those smitten by John Wayne, Robert E. Lee, or even Joseph Stalin should commission statues on their own property. The rest of us have more important issues to debate.
Podcast 145: Sean McMeekin on ‘Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II’
quillette.com -Quillette’s Jonathan Kay speaks with Bard University history professor Sean McMeekin about his new book, which describes how the fears and ambitions of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin shaped the cour…
Review: Parallel Lives, Summerhall, Edinburgh
www.thetimes.co.uk -★★★★☆In 1934 the Scottish journalist Harry Whyte wrote to Joseph Stalin after an addition to the Soviet Penal Code that prohibited homosexuality, punishable by three years’ hard labour.Whyte’s name
The Times Diary: The Director’s a Real Dictator
www.thetimes.co.uk -Artists can get too close to their subjects, which was a particular concern for the film director Armando Iannucci when his subject was Joseph Stalin. Iannucci tells The Lock In podcast that when he
Stalin’s Favorite Military Unit (PHOTOS)
rbth.com -Joseph Stalin was one of the founders of the 1st Cavalry Army and always held it in high regard. And many of the soldiers who served in that unit enjoyed his personal trust and friendship.
#Resistance Twitter Claims Republicans Are Like STALIN After Completely Misreading Pollster Quote
www.rt.com -Comparing Republicans and President Donald Trump to Joseph Stalin was all the rage on Monday as Resistance Twitter saw the polster Rasmussen use a quote attributed to the Soviet leader – and…
Kim Jong Un’s Family Tree: What You Need to Know About North Korea’s Dynasty
www.wsj.com -The Kim family has governed North Korea since Soviet leader Joseph Stalin installed clan patriarch Kim Il Sung after World War II, holding power for three generations despite widespread…