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| Ukraine Opens Up Files On Stalin-Era Famines |
| 2006-08-18 |
| Ukraine's national intelligence agency, the SBU, today declassified 130 state archive files on the country's Stalin-era famine. Between five and seven million Ukrainians are estimated to have died during the 1932-33 famine. Many Ukrainians claim the famine was deliberately orchestrated by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. SBU spokesman Vasyl Danielenko says Ukraine is the first former Soviet country to open up secret documents on the famines. Ioseb Jughashvili, the pride of communism, proved he could kill more of his own people, and faster, than could Hitler. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 I thought all the dearly beloved deceased were "Trotskyite Deviationist Wreckers"... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-08-18 22:36 |
| #6 what the f*ck are you insinuating Mr "6". It was all reported according to the NYT stylebook. Facts? Bah! Sometimes you have to break 5 or 6 million eggs to make an omellette. Punk |
| Posted by: Walter Duranty 2006-08-18 20:16 |
| #5 Ioseb Jughashvili, the pride of communism, proved he could kill more of his own people, and faster, than could Hitler Which is why Saddam Hussein called him the greatest leader in history. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-08-18 19:46 |
| #4 Ugh, that's nasty to read Anonymoose... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-08-18 19:26 |
| #3 Ned Lamont needs to be reminded that his grandfather was a Stalinist communist way back when. Corliss Lamont was an unapologetic Stalinist and atheist. Congress once declared him "probably the most persistent propagandist for the Soviet Union to be found anywhere in the United States." As national chairman of The Friends of Soviet Russia, he refused to condemn Josef Stalin's show trials in the 1930s. I wonder what Ned Lamont would have to say if confronted by Ukranians today? Would he loudly condemn Joe Stalin? Actually, I'm not sure he would. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-08-18 18:53 |
| #2 The REAL Ruskie story lies in the period from 1941 through the Korean and Vietnam war eras. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-18 18:38 |
| #1 Could be a story here for some young buck from the NYT. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-08-18 18:34 |