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Actually it is. Putin overhauled the history textbooks and the changes included casting Stalin in a more positive light. [/quote]

You're so cute, you remind me of a rhyming contest Russia ran in jest a few years ago.  The poem had to have two lines, and the second had to be "Yes, it must be Putin's fault." I remember the entries that went like" Did you your girlfriend cheat on you? yes, it must be Putin's fault. Did your skating practice suck? Yes, it must be Putin's fault."  It's much funnier in Russian.

The real answer, my little darling, has nothing to do with any alleged education reform (certainly, not enough people would have graduated school with the new textbooks - if they existed - to make any difference!)   The real answer is that for a substantial number of Russians, life under Stalin and his successors was substantially better than it is today.  And all the Hedricks of the world won't be able to do a damn about that.

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Huh?!

It was better to suffer mass repression and labor camps?

Are you really unaware of the new textbooks Putin has introduced throughout the years? It’s a big reason for the improvement in his image over the last 20 years. You can read about it here: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/04/16/stalins-approval-rating-among-russians-hits-record-high-poll-a65245

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Of course mass repressions and labor camps were awful, but you have to remember that for a majority of the populace, that was something that happened to other people. I don't know why your imagination is so limited that you can't digest that life under Stalin was good to some people, and perestroika brought many unwelcome and highly painful changes to a large enough number of people to bring about nostalgia for the old times when pensions were paid on time and actually bought something. [/quote]

Do you not get that the notion that Stalin brought good things to Russians and so should be considered with nostalgia is a myth? Memorial produced a video about exactly that point and also more generally about the myths that underpin public opinion regarding Stalin.

https://www.levada.ru/2019/06/10/funktsii-mifa-o-chem-govorit-nam-dinamika-massovogo-otnosheniya-k-stalinu/[/quote]

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