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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

gulag archipelago is a work of fiction with a clear political agenda, yes. we had to read excerpts in school. at some point i got halfway through maybe, but its just too damn long. anyway, it was a pretty effective anti-soviet propaganda piece, lots of people even in russia believe it as fact still. no actual historians worth their salt take it seriously though

 

born 1990 in an eastern european SSR, months before the dissolution