After the WWII the country, half of the territory of which has been destroyed and with about 27 million casualties in the population without any foreign help restored itself in about 10 years.
Russia took over and for a long period of time retained the leading role in science, preventive medicine, special technologies and overall level of public education. The educational system K-10 was so impeccable that it was adopted in many other countries, particularly in Asia. In Europe such system works perfectly in France. Now, that is exactly that national system which we here so vehemently oppose, destroyed any idea of it in the US and now with rage and vehemence try to destroy it in Russia too. BTW that system taught me a lot about USA and the names of the Founding Fathers of the US Revolution were highly regarded in our classrooms up to the portraits on the walls. How about portraits of Lenin in the US classrooms?
The Communist government declared Russian language as a state language while officially promoting national languages whenever possible. When they did that our ‘conservativoliberals’ here howled about the oppression of minorities in Russia. But now they push for English as a state language here although they know very well that US is not Russia and that in the US there is no such thing as a titular nation.
Same as us. They had families, children. Most of them demonstrated courage and integrity under stressful circumstances. Lenin was hit by two bullets in the assassination attempt but still refused special guards. Compare that to Dubya. 300 delegates of the Party Congress in 1921 lead the storming troops at the Kronshtadt fortress. Young communists demonstrated extraordinary courage and dedication in Civil War and WWII. Under the most horrible conditions of torture and violent death during the Stalin’s terror there were many people both from the first communists and from the young ones who still fought the odds and behaved bravely, Most of them did not survive. The best never survive. I could list names and names but it does not matter. We cannot judge; we can only mourn.
They were honest, not hypocritical and never avoided responsibility. Whoever they were and whatever they did they were complete personalities and their dedication is admirable.
So, after I wrote all that, what am I up to? By no means I am trying to glorify the communist system. I am only trying to remind that the history of the Humanity judges by only one criteria- the level of honest, passionate effort. That's what counts. That is why we here, in the US honor Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee. That is why in France they honor Robespierre, Marat, Danton, Napoleon I and Cardinal Richelieu, Louis the XIVth, Voltaire, Louis- Philippe and Napoleon III. That’s why English honor Richard III, Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, Nelson and Cromwell. The passion of those people became a passion of the nation; their powerful spirit lives among the people of their countries forever, right or wrong.
Dubya and his cronies are nothing like that. They are small, shallow goons put to power by others. They are imitators, monkeys who pretend to be something. They jump a around a banana jar and make noises. They are a pathetic scum. They stink.
So here and now I would ask the people who write about that scum to abandon the ‘busheviks’ definition because it does Dubya too much of a favor. There are plenty of other nicknames. PNACis comes to mind. Pretzel-In- Chief rocks from my standpoint. Leave the Bolsheviks alone, please.They deserve that much.
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