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Taverner

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40. Stalin was said to have kept Hitler's head personally

Reply to rug (Reply #35)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 11:04 AM

Nov 2012

Occasionally he'd take it out and pass it around

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What was GOOD about Soviet Communism? [View all] Taverner Nov 2012 OP

They fought over 200 German divisions. USA and GB only 10 total. RedCloud Nov 2012 #1

Well yeah, there is that if you want to be technical :) Taverner Nov 2012 #2

They had the people to do it sharp_stick Nov 2012 #6

And that 23 million doesn't include Jews forced into camps Taverner Nov 2012 #8

Bill Clinton put the number of deaths in the USSR at 57,000,000 RedCloud Nov 2012 #42

I saw some population statistics for the Soviet Union for the 1960s... lastlib Nov 2012 #19

I think the national hockey team won a few games in their day... Blue_Tires Nov 2012 #3

I know my list is incomplete Taverner Nov 2012 #7

Interesting that you mention Albert Speer. Have you read Inside The Third Reich? ohiosmith Nov 2012 #4

No I haven't - I read "The Twelve Year Reich" Taverner Nov 2012 #5

I have a friend who has a couple of Soviet guitars... RevStPatrick Nov 2012 #9

I have a Tonika 6 string Taverner Nov 2012 #10

It gave rise to some pretty good jokes. Turbineguy Nov 2012 #11

They defeated Nazi Germany, for which we all should be grateful. Stalingrad, and after. kwassa Nov 2012 #12

If you were unemployed, you always had something to do when waiting in line for TP justiceischeap Nov 2012 #13

Soviet architecture? Yeah well, it depends. There are these examples as well .... yellowcanine Nov 2012 #14

Yup sharp_stick Nov 2012 #26

looks like modern american architecture looked at that lately? ret5hd Nov 2012 #27

English Russia is great website Joe Shlabotnik Nov 2012 #15

cool website...thanks for the link n/t BlueCollar Nov 2012 #41

Nikita Khrushchev was a worthy and fun opponent yellowcanine Nov 2012 #16

Yakov Smirnoff edbermac Nov 2012 #17

Their government was the model for every PTA or Community Service Club you will ever join. dawg Nov 2012 #18

...they didn't have religious fundamentalists.. lastlib Nov 2012 #20

I do think we need a "League of Militant Atheists" here in the US Taverner Nov 2012 #23

Don't they post in the "Religion" forum on DU? kwassa Nov 2012 #29

Why not "A League of Extraordinary Atheists"? Kennah Nov 2012 #32

Under Communism, Russia went from literally feudalism to superpower status in two generations KamaAina Nov 2012 #21

Tetris Enrique Nov 2012 #22

I remember that the CIA did test and investigated the Tetris game. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #30

Their mathematics instruction LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #24

The T-34 TheMightyFavog Nov 2012 #25

Stalin's five year plan (the first one, maybe two) Sgent Nov 2012 #28

What was good about it? Archae Nov 2012 #31

And now they have fascism, cronyism and corruption LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #39

Ivan Drago.... TeamPooka Nov 2012 #33

the AK-47 TeamPooka Nov 2012 #34

50% reduction in child mortality within 20 years of the Revolution. rug Nov 2012 #35

Stalin was said to have kept Hitler's head personally Taverner Nov 2012 #40

Cheap classical music cd's Tabasco_Dave Nov 2012 #36

Cheap Vodka. bif Nov 2012 #37

The speed with which they made some of their changes. Literacy, women's issues, making sure the arts Brickbat Nov 2012 #38