I was hoping that a kind of ‘time-travel’ scenario would develop when I recently sent this letter to modern (capitalist) Russia, and that I would
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I was hoping that a kind of ‘time-travel’ scenario would develop when I recently sent this letter to modern (capitalist) Russia, and that I would
Seventy-two years ago, the people of the Soviet Union – through their own Red Army under the leadership of the Communist Party – defeated Nazi German fascism, thus not only ensuring the continuation and preservation of the achievements of the October Revolution, but also (for many decades), ensured peace in Europe and Socialist development in many countries of the world.
It is believed that during WWI (1914-1917) and the subsequent Russian Civil War (1917-1922) around 10 million Russians perished, with the Russian Civil War being
‘Article 35: Women and men have equal rights in the USSR. Exercise of these rights is ensured by according women equal access with men to
The Stalingrad Sword of Honour is a gem-encrusted ceremonial sword commissioned by King George VI of England, intended as a symbol of the British people’s respect – paying tribute to the defenders of the key Soviet city during the Battle of Stalingrad. During the Tehran Conference on November 29th, 1943, in the presence of President Franklin Roosevelt and the Soviet Honour Guard, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill handed the Sword of Stalingrad to Marshal Joseph Stalin in an afternoon ceremony. The original sword was displayed in the Battle of Stalingrad Museum in Volgograd. During the Cold War it temporarily returned to the UK for at least three exhibitions.
This was when the US Government fought on the rightside of history – as an ally of the Soviet Union! We respect everyone who fought against fascism with us during that terrible war! It is a sobering thought that many of these brave young men never returned alive. They fought and died for our freedom not to live under fascism! How different things are today, with the US Government supporting Zionist Israel and Neo-Nazism in the Ukraine!