tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post6163772170714343473..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Russia’s Historical AmnesiaAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28684185326289338422012-08-22T15:37:22.573-07:002012-08-22T15:37:22.573-07:00Very well put indeed, Calvin. The Tsar we know as...Very well put indeed, Calvin. The Tsar we know as Ivan the Terrible is actually Ivan Grozny in Russian. Awesome would be a closer translation here. <br /><br />Putin is a sad shadow, like a child walking around in adult shoes. That was a good link. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-58438299860006914842012-08-22T15:32:49.621-07:002012-08-22T15:32:49.621-07:00CB, yes, indeed, though I think you mean Lenin, sp...CB, yes, indeed, though I think you mean Lenin, specifically the Sealed Train episode.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9066986700154226552012-08-22T15:32:28.551-07:002012-08-22T15:32:28.551-07:00Anthony, I'm afraid so! Anthony, I'm afraid so! Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-85670586753320578212012-08-22T10:16:45.339-07:002012-08-22T10:16:45.339-07:00Ana, actually it wasn't just Hitler - the Germ...Ana, actually it wasn't just Hitler - the Germanic government(s) provided shelter for Marx, w/the intent to use his political movement as a strategic weapon to weaken their rival, the Russian Empire. <br /><br />They provided a safe haven for him (he was on the run from the Tzar's Secret Police) so he could develop the movement which overthrew the Romanov dynasty. This freed millions of German troops for redeployment on the Western Front. If it weren't for the rather tardy entry of fresh American troops into the Allied effort, those massive reinforcements from the Eastern Front would have overwhelmed the exhausted French and British troops. ColonialBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408255297226140956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-45902816717536060812012-08-21T17:38:45.072-07:002012-08-21T17:38:45.072-07:00I have seen photographs of the remains of neolithi...I have seen photographs of the remains of neolithic shelters on the steppes of Russia, round heaps of huge mammoth bones and tusks, once covered with skins or turf long-since eroded away. From earliest times, it seems, Russians huddled in groups in their vast open space, prey to any great beast bigger, stronger, hungrier than them. Men strong and fierce enough to challenge the great ice bears and saber lions and wolves of that country must have been formidable, indeed. <br /><br />And in the night, what brute nameless gods and demons stalked Russian dreams in those long ages before the Jew's sacrifice god displaced them all? We know so little of ancient Russia, the time before records when patterns of belief and tradition were laid down that still shape the people today. What we do know, is that Russians do not see powerful, brutal leaders the way that we, in luckier lands see them. They fear an Ivan or a Stalin, certainly, but they fear the lack of a powerful protector more.<br /><br />We have our own national myths that tell us what a leader should be like. The Russians have a different model. I can only imagine what kind of horror would make Stalin look like salvation.<br /><br />But is Putin really such a leader? http://boingboing.net/2012/08/20/free-pussy-riot-jasmina-tesan.htmlCalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66168616178620410352012-08-21T17:28:39.972-07:002012-08-21T17:28:39.972-07:00Nope!Nope!anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5280028146304874762012-08-21T16:02:50.728-07:002012-08-21T16:02:50.728-07:00Richard, I think it's a fascinating subject. ...Richard, I think it's a fascinating subject. I'm going to give it some detailed thought, perhaps come up with my own spin in the near future. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32261799467649378462012-08-21T16:01:35.525-07:002012-08-21T16:01:35.525-07:00Hey, Anthony, it really depends on your definition...Hey, Anthony, it really depends on your definition of good. After all, it was Hitler who by his actions in 1941 brought communism right into the heart of Europe in 1945, where it settled for years. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18093516037923858912012-08-21T12:07:31.519-07:002012-08-21T12:07:31.519-07:00Ana did you know Boris Pasternak supposedly had ps...Ana did you know Boris Pasternak supposedly had psychism and Stalin was intimidated by it? As a historian what are your thoughts on the superstitions of dictators?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36525383097881617862012-08-20T16:27:56.720-07:002012-08-20T16:27:56.720-07:00The damn Russians spread communism throughout the ...The damn Russians spread communism throughout the world; Hitler was a good man.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com