Tag: Soviet Union
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Some Thoughts on Destruction: not just cancel culture
Today, when we think of the phrase, destroying someone’s life, it is easy to equate this to the countless cases in the media of individuals being the victims of online bullying. Social media has allowed our opinions, pictures, comments and acquaintances to become topics of those that may have different opinions or look different to…
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How Totalitarian was Stalin
We should never forget the lessons that history teaches us When we look at ourselves in Western societies, it is easy to complain and compare the things we may or may not have. Our system of democracy allows free speech, fair elections and politicians, that if we do not like, are replaced for ones we…
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Was the Soviet Union a Legacy of the Russian Imperial System
Exchanging one tyranny for another February 1917 and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II saw the end of the Romanov dynasty in Russia that had ruled for over 300 years. The Empire now had an opportunity to move to a new style of government. The adoption of the communist model and the creation of a…
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How did the Soviet Union use propaganda as a tool to foster nationalism in its population?
How a nation forms a national identity that can be related to a sense of nationalism may take different methods as varied as a shared history, culture and language, and political institutions. But how does a whole new type of nation build nationalism when they have overthrown the previous incumbents and embarked on a new…
Warren Coppard 