tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post5247000197192392668..comments2023-05-31T14:16:36.022+03:00Comments on Otto's Random Thoughts: 62 Years Since Stalin Died and His Regime is more Popular now than anytime since 1956J. Otto Pohlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-53202196986860478802015-03-06T16:25:15.275+03:002015-03-06T16:25:15.275+03:00Yes, I remember the early 1990s when a huge amount...Yes, I remember the early 1990s when a huge amount of material on Stalinist crimes was published and it looked like there might be something approaching normal archival access in the former USSR eventually. Now those days are over permanantly. All material that was classified in Kyrgyzstan during the Stalin era had already been again reclassified as top secret before 2012.J. Otto Pohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7858950.post-72570707074676446962015-03-05T20:39:28.335+03:002015-03-05T20:39:28.335+03:00There was such a huge wave of interest to the reve...There was such a huge wave of interest to the revelations of Stalin's crimes in 1986-1990. Every day would bring thick journals and newspapers with new revelations to our house. But then it all just died down and the subject became even kind of shameful to mention. Only really outdated weirdos would care and talk about such stuff. <br /><br />And such abandonment of history always exacts a steep price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com