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mk  ·  3977 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Russian Victory Day

It would be nice to remember the Soviet Union that way, and yet the end of WWII was also the beginning of the Cold War. The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed just five years earlier, wherein the Nazi's and the Soviets divied up Central/Eastern Europe between them.





BorgoPo  ·  3977 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, that's exactly the problem with this kind of commemoration. It represents a much less complicated history than what actually transpired. It makes for great public art though.