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The Rise of the Russian Empire: Russo-Armenian Relations

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  • Re: The Rise of the Russian Empire: Russo-Armenian Relations

    Not sure. Could be the reparations issue. About 5 million were killed. They've admitted the Katyn Massacres, Stalin purges, etc. Why can't they admit this?
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      Originally posted by Joseph View Post
      Not sure. Could be the reparations issue. About 5 million were killed. They've admitted the Katyn Massacres, Stalin purges, etc. Why can't they admit this?
      Because this, as opposed to other events, is being classified as 'genocide'. No country wants their history to be associated with the G-word, regardless of who was in power at the time.
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        I find that kind of stupid to be honest. it's not like Russian Federation committed this crime, it was the Bolsheviks especially Stalin who did this. Why does Russia think what Stalin did is directly related with the current state of Russia? Thus they shouldn't have a problem with condemning the things that Stalin did.

        However, the Russian actions in Chechnya should be looked into, as some of the things that they did may very well warrant war crimes, especially for Putin...
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          Originally posted by Mos View Post
          I find that kind of stupid to be honest. it's not like Russian Federation committed this crime, it was the Bolsheviks especially Stalin who did this. Why does Russia think what Stalin did is directly related with the current state of Russia? Thus they shouldn't have a problem with condemning the things that Stalin did.
          Because Stalin is still revered in Russia, contrary to what the media would like everyone to believe. He was voted among the best Russians ever a few years back.

          However, the Russian actions in Chechnya should be looked into, as some of the things that they did may very well warrant war crimes, especially for Putin...
          I don't have much sympathy for the Chechens. They have committed even bloodier war crimes and fought against us in Artsakh, they can go screw themselves.
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            Originally posted by Federate View Post
            Because Stalin is still revered in Russia, contrary to what the media would like everyone to believe. He was voted among the best Russians ever a few years back.


            I don't have much sympathy for the Chechens. They have committed even bloodier war crimes and fought against us in Artsakh, they can go screw themselves.
            Stalin, best Russian? That's like Germans saying Hitler was best German. I thought the only people who admired Stalin were the old "babushkas"

            I have sympathy for all innocent civilians, during Chechen wars many innocent civilians were murdered ruthlessly by Russian forces. I may not support Chechen politics that much, but I sympathize with the innocent Chechens that were killed in the wars....and Russia could have done better job with preventing those deaths.
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              Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
              Interesting timing... this has been a hot topic in Canada recently

              Ukrainian famine is a genocide largely unrecognized

              http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Uk...509/story.html
              Originally posted by Mos View Post
              Why is Russia still so bitter about the recognition of the Ukraine famine? I though they had accepted it and moved on...
              Originally posted by Joseph View Post
              Not sure. Could be the reparations issue. About 5 million were killed. They've admitted the Katyn Massacres, Stalin purges, etc. Why can't they admit this?
              Because this wasn't an ethnic genocide. It was deaths as a result of a man-made famine which affected Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan. This map of death rates shows that the most nationalistic part of Ukraine - the west - was barely affected, whereas the Russian-speaking areas were decimated. Notice that the Russian Donbas was decimated as well.

              In short, this is the equivalent of ethnic Manchus accusing China of genocide because many died during the Great Leap Forward. Maybe they did. But many Han died as a result of the same policy, which wasn't ethnically-discriminatory.







              Ukraine was the hardest hit for sure, but that's because Ukraine was the USSR's breadbasket. The men most responsible weren't even ethnic Russians - Stalin, a Georgian and Kaganovich, a Ukrainian xxx. So why should Russia apologize for an atrocity perpetrated against her own agricultural class and those of other nations in the USSR by a communist clique that wasn't elected and wasn't even ethnically Russian?

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar_Kaganovich
              Last edited by Merv; 11-30-2010, 11:00 PM.

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                Originally posted by Mos View Post
                Stalin, best Russian? That's like Germans saying Hitler was best German. I thought the only people who admired Stalin were the old "babushkas"
                Why is it so surprising? Had Germany won the war, Hitler would've probably made "Best German" too. Stalin turned Russia from an agrarian society to an industrialised superpower in a few short years and led the decisive belligerent in the "Great Patriotic War" against the Third Reich. Those two key achievements alone overshadow the Great Purges for the majority of Russians.
                I have sympathy for all innocent civilians, during Chechen wars many innocent civilians were murdered ruthlessly by Russian forces. I may not support Chechen politics that much, but I sympathize with the innocent Chechens that were killed in the wars....and Russia could have done better job with preventing those deaths.
                Sure but unfortunately, those are the expected consequences of waging a guerrilla war where one side has no uniform and hides among the civilian population.
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                    Russia Deploys Heavy Rocket Artillery System (SMERCH) in South Ossetia



                    Dec.6, 2010
                    Title says it all.

                    ZORAVAR


                    Article source (in Russian): http://newsru.com/world/06dec2010/smer4.html

                    Infographics about this weapon system: http://www15.rian.ru/img/75846232_free.html

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                      Looks like Georgia will think twice before messing with the Ossetians again.
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