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New Russian high school textbooks – introduced in August 2023 on the instruction of President Vladimir Putin – attempt to whitewash Stalinist crimes and rehabilitate the Soviet Union’s legacy.
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Putin’s efforts to redeem the Soviet past may help explain why Stalin is up in the polls, with 63% of Russians asked in June 2023 expressing a positive attitude toward the Soviet dictator.
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https://theconversation.com/back-in-the-ussr-new-high-school-textbooks-in-russia-whitewash-stalins-terror-as-putin-wages-war-on-historical-memory-216255
#Russia #USSR #SovietUnion #Stalin #Putin #history
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