Monday, November 28, 2016

One surefire way to be called ‘scum’ in Russia: Expose a heroic World War II story as a myth

One surefire way to be called 'scum' in Russia: Expose a heroic World War II story as a myth

MOSCOW — History is a sensitive subject in Vladimir Putin's Russia, where the search for a national identity is accompanied by an effort to smooth out the rough parts of a long and difficult past. And the history of the Red Army's heroics in World War II is considered sacrosanct. So when one of the most enduring and […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/11/28/one-surefire-way-to-be-called-scum-in-russia-expose-a-heroic-world-war-ii-story-as-a-myth/

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