Rights group voices alarm over Stalin image on schoolbooks

Published time: April 02, 2012 14:35
Edited time: April 02, 2012 18:49
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Russia’s Memorial Society – a veteran human rights group with a focus on Stalin-era repressions – has expressed protest at Stalin’s image appearing on school notebooks.

The move came after some Russian media reported that notebooks decorated with Stalin’s portrait were being sold in Moscow stores.

The head of the Memorial group, Arseniy Roginskiy said that such notebooks were Stalinist propaganda, regardless of whether the publishers intended this or not.“This has a powerful influence on a child’s subconscious. This is an incorporation of an image of a man dressed in beautiful uniforms into the absolutely unclouded child’s mind,” the HR activist stressed.

Roginskiy added that he was not calling to delete Stalin from history textbooks, stressing that he is in favor of mentioning Stalin’s role in Russian history. “First of all, his role in the destruction of his own people,” he said.

Founded in 1991, Memorial is one of Russia’s major NGOs that started as an initiative to rehabilitate the victims of Stalin’s and other Soviet-era repressions.

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Iskocyali Turkler Kurdler 08.05.2013 12:00

as a turkish,i know there are so many institutions and parties who have been financed by CIA and MOSSAD secretly.they will do everyt hing to destroy the heroic part of STALIN in world and russian history.without STALIN every russian women would have been raped and murdered by fascist german soldiers who were financed by usa,uk.usa wants russia like prostitute who would do anything for money.as a turkish i love STALIN and know very well STALIN was the second greatest leader in russian and world history but some

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gibau 25.11.2012 03:56

If it weren't for Stalin, Russia would have been turned into another backwoods  western colony. All the revisionists put together won't be able to erase the heroism of Stalin and his love for the people. Any human being that witnessed the horrors of WWII had to psychologically  be affected by it; And, Stalin was no exception. Sure there is the post war Stalin  and the prior to war Stalin; Nevertheless the great things he helped accomplished should not be minimized, discarded or ignored. Stalin was a great and visionary leader; an inspiration and hero to billions around the world and to date his followers numb er by the billions. So,to insult Stalin is to insult billions; and, that's unwise!Hasta Siempre, Stalin!

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san (unregistered) 17.04.2012 18:10

Stalin almost completely dismentled jew cabal in the government. Unfortunately, the war didn't let him finish this job. We would live in a better world now if he had more time, but he was poisoned by the jews.

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