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I have read the archives myself before they clsoed them again and there were a maximum of 700,000 sent to forced labour and all were criminals....

Marshal Tukhachevskii was a 'criminal'? Any evid ...

Here is a good article showing that the Ukrainian Famine was not nearly as bad as people say it was (from the Village Voice):
http://www.geocities.com/redcomrades/sov-hol.html

Yes, yes ...and the ...

I knew the bribes way, and the one to pay for the hotel is crazy way, he doesnt have that much money nor is willing to spend it, bringing aside the bribes option is there any other legal way?

No, t ...

Easier:
Is it possible he comes with a tourist Visa, the agency registers it and he lives wherever the hell he wnats without the landlord of the house actually having to write papers and stuff?

Ye ...

>>you pathetic brianwashed westerner, how you dare to insult Ulyanov? >>obviously Lenin was a nickname...recall Ulyanobsk? a city in honour of >>Lenin.

I didn't insult him, I said he was a criminal ...

>>1. Soviet Union played the main roll in the victory over nazis Germany.

True. Subject to the caveat that the USSR played a joint roll in starting the war in the first place by invading Poland on ...

wtf are you talking about dude? lay off drugs,really....

and Sant Petesburg is a gansgter insult to the honourable city of Leningrad, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union and Humanity Vladimir ...

Scandinavian Airlines is cheap also, a friend of mine paid 160€ from Sweden to Leningrad and back to Sweden.

Amazing! Given the discontinuity between the introduction of the Euro and the disenfran ...

>>Sorry, the USA is one of my countries.

You mean you have dual nationality and two passports, yes?

>>Thinking for yourself means not going with the prevailing trend, not saying >>what's popular ...

>>I was fighting tooth and nail on that thread to prove to him that >>individuals can't be judged by their government.

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people". If you claim to be ...

I'd say just be yourself, but respect the customs and traditions of the country you're in, as a good guest in a household would respect his or her host.

Thank you for mentioning that.While we are ...

When we were in Ekaterinburg in 98, we bought a beautiful chess set. The pieces are all crafted from a special gem popular in the Urals. It is green and for the life of me I can't recall the name. W ...

>>I was wondering is it safe for a girl to travel alone to St >>Petersburg/Moscow? Is it safe to stay in an apartment alone at night?

It is as safe (or unsafe, depending on your point of view) as ...

>>Now, I am going to tell you this one more time since you obviously not >>noticed it the previous 3 times that I posted this: The soldiers were >>fighting for their people, not Stalin, not the party ...

>>Eryk - The reason that Waffen SS units should not be honoured is >>because you are wrong. They did not have the single goal to fight >>against the Soviet union! Please tell that to the THOUSANDS of ...