this is why the poos have a caste system

do you know?

it was from 1937-39

>successful revolution in X country
>counter-revolution starts
>they all get executed or killed in the war
>"Fucking [insert revolutionary leader here], he's not a good role model"

And that's how the left gets *cucked* once again by propaganda

soooo

Yezhovshchina

lmao

Did everyone see? @OF-8 is a hypocrite.

by who's standard

Yours.

hardly

im still fully resolved

where's your error

Why can't we just shoot OF in the back of the head at this point, he's clearly not willing to read anything nor discuss seriously, not only that, he's nothing but a cancer to this server

@OF-8 Did you say that you base your beliefs on individual realisation, or not?

Metaphorically, of course

what a shitshow

lmfao

@друг I think we all knew you were being metaphorical lmao

but good to clarify anyway

@друг Would he stay right-wing if he was able to read?

damn

You know the guy's not the brightest

He could take it as a serious threat

@ShadyMarxist just brought down the people's hammer

lmso

Russian historian Oleg V. Khlevniuk states "…theories about the elemental, spontaneous nature of the terror, about a loss of central control over the course of mass repression, and about the role of regional leaders in initiating the terror are simply not supported by the historical record."[92] Stalin personally directed Yezhov to torture those who were not making proper confessions. In one instance, he told Yezhov "Isn't it time to squeeze this gentleman and force him to report on his dirty little business? Where is he: in a prison or a hotel?" In another, while reviewing one of Yezhov's lists, he added to M. I. Baranov’s name, "beat, beat!"[93]

Oleg V. Khlevniuk. Master of the House: Stalin and His Inner Circle. Yale University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-300-11066-9 p. xix

i never once said what i base my beliefs on you silly commie

@Sorghagtani Beki I've read that source before, actually

The idea that Stalin intended for Yezhov to arbitrarily arrest and execute thousands just because of two specific comments about two specific prisoners is ridiculous, first of all

second of all I have something for you

In addition to authorizing torture, Stalin also signed 357 lists in 1937 and 1938 authorizing executions of some 40,000 people, and about 90% of these are confirmed to have been shot.[94] While reviewing one such list, Stalin reportedly muttered to no one in particular: "Who's going to remember all this riff-raff in ten or twenty years time? No one. Who remembers the names now of the boyars Ivan the Terrible got rid of? No one."[95] Stalin's alleged remark may be compared with Hitler's famous admonition to his generals in 1939: "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"[96]

Michael Ellman, Stalin and the Soviet Famine of 1932–33 Revisited Europe-Asia Studies, Routledge. Vol. 59, No. 4, June 2007, 663–693. PDF file

Quoted in Dmitri Volkogonov, Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy (New York, 1991), pg 210.

Richard J. Evans (4 November 2010). "Who remembers the Poles?". London Review of Books. 32 (21). Retrieved 4 February 2012.

>implying they'd waste at least 40,000 cartridges on shooting people

smh

Again, common anti-Stalin quote, no evidence to back up the claims of the statement, and the lists were generally signed off with the acceptance of the entire politburo, not just Stalin, meaning they must have thought whoever was being executed was guilty.

"Stalin reportedly muttered to no one in particular"

😂