Stalin is Russia's Hero

Stalin is Russia's hero, "because he won the Great Patriotic War" (The Second World War; WWII).

Russia's reborn Hero

Russia is building up strong national sentiment, for which purpose they need Great National Heroes. To obtain Great National Heroes, Russia has closed down national archives, stopped going thru their past hidden history, and re-written their school books. Thus Stalin can now be nominated the Leading National Hero, as young people no longer know the truth about him. Or about the former Soviet Union.

Russia is seeking their way back onto the old Soviet Way.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia did for a while examine her history. As archives were opened up, the terrifying crimes of the past were finally published to the public: Truths such as Stalin for example having millions of Russian people killed. Similarly Russians finally admitted, that it was Russia who started the Finnish Winter War, not Finland.

But now the history archives are being closed down again, and Russia is firmly determined to build up strong national sentiment. As truth can not be used for it, the sentiment must be based on myths and lies: Staling was a Hero, Finland started the Winter War, etc.

What should we think of Russia, that deliberately is building its new identity on lies? What can we think? What will become of the Russian youth, whose future strong national pride will be based on lies?


Russia demands respect. The only way they know to get respect is strength, and strength to them seems to be mainly bullying and brutal violence. Strangely enough they do not see that with those tools they are not getting respect, but hate, fear and despise.

Russia is deliberately going back towards the 'Good Old Days of the Soviet Union'. They are abandoning international and national democracy and trust. They seem to be building something that belongs to the past, and should certainly be left there.

I am sorry for the Russian people: the past national terror is bound to finally come out. And when it does come out, it comes out with violence. - Why would president Putin choose to build up the new nationalism on lies, and hide the truth that would heal, but now will destroy?

Is it because Putin wants to be a Strong Man?