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Oct 12 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1/2 In October 1944, the red army came to #Zakarpattia and kicked out the Nazi forces. On that note, my great-grandmother (who was around 18 at that time) said that every time soviet soldiers would come to her village, she had to hide in a wine barrel so they wouldn't find her
2/2 Because she was afraid they would rape her if they would find her. As they did with others. This is just your daily reminder that the Soviet Regime was JUST AS BAD as the Nazi regime. Its reputation is just not nearly as bad.
And this just focuses on the countries that didn't end up as part of the USSR. Imagine the amount of concealed information on 'domestic' affairs. Nobody cared about raped Estonians, Ukrainians, Moldovans, etc. That was USSR's business behind the iron curtain.
I fully agree with this opinion, I think it perfectly summarizes the situation. And we see what happens when people are never (actionably) taught that what they did was unacceptable - they keep doing it.

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National Republics of Russia. A 🧵.

🇷🇺is a multinational state, which means that it's a sovereign entity that comprises many nations that share the same country. For formative nations of the multinational states - their country is their native and historical land. 1/
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