Tag: Oleg Khlevnyuk

New Russian Study Challenges Notion That Stalin Was Necessary

March 12, 2015

Staunton, March 12 — It is an article of faith for Vladimir Putin and many Russians as well that, despite what he and they are sometimes willing to concede were Joseph Stalin’s excesses, the Soviet dictator was absolutely necessary in building up a strong Soviet Union that was then capable of defeating Nazi Germany. But […]