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28.10.2008, 05:51
Mass deportations by Joseph Stalin have left an indelible mark on Soviet and post-Soviet history. The Karachay people from the Caucasus were among the victims of the tragedy and they're still living with the consequences.
06.11.2008, 12:43
A group of migrants turned to cannibalism in a desperate bid to stay alive after their boat was cast adrift in the Caribbean. Four people out of 22 made it through the two-week ordeal.
Published: 24 September, 2008, 03:41
Edited: 27 May, 2010, 11:12
The Kolyma region in Russia's Far East could have been known just for its vast mineral wealth and abundant fisheries. But the forbidding steppes became a testimony to one of the country's darkest periods. Isolated and remote, they were a major transit cen
This is an era of Soviet History which can never be forgotten, not by the Russian people nor by the rest of us (I am an American woman). It has always struck me as incredible that the Russian Government's ability to think of the Russian people as "expendable" and act with total disregard for the lives and welfare of its people. This was true in the 16th century during the time of "Ivan the Terrible" and no less true in the 20th century under Stalin. For all those millions who perished in Gulag camps, I am sorry.....for those of us who live now, let us resolve never to forget their sufferings...it is the least we owe them. We study History so that it should not be repeated. Thank you, Cynthia J. Conti