Comments by "Андрей Борцов" (@Mentol_) on "Joseph Stalin: The Red Terror" video.

  1. You just quote Nazi propaganda. You do not understand that if people so easily betray their own state, then they are more like prostitutes than patriots. The Baltic States welcomed the Red Army in 1940 as well, but you are silent about it.
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  2. Stalin, May 4, 1935: “We must finally understand that of all the valuable capital available in the world, the most valuable and most decisive capital is people, cadres. We must understand that under our current conditions, cadres decide everything. If we will have good and numerous cadres in industry, agriculture, transport, in the army, our country will be invincible. If we will not have such personnel - we will limp on both legs ”.
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  3. Lol, this is fake. But if you believe then show me this stalins order.
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  4. 1. Fascism means corporatism. Where was it in the USSR? 2. The USSR should have access to the Baltic Sea and to move the western border from own industrial centers. These are Soviet interests. Small countries always fall prey to the interests of large countries - this is politics. The actual USSR defended you from the Nazis - it made your army part of the Red Army. Polish colonists were deported in 1939-1940. 3. If you study history attentively, you should know that the thesis "citizens of the USSR welcomed wehrmacht with flowers" is a quote from the German military propaganda (die deutsche wochenschau), no more. You can find a video where they say it is about Ukrainians. If your adherence to the Nazi address was sincere, then you have no moral right to condemn Soviet policy because it ensured its own security from any radical nationalists.
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  5. This is fake number. On start western propaganda said about 60 mln man of killed by stalin. Later reduced it to 20 and then again reduce to 7 mln. But its also incorrect, lol.
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  6. Reason of ww2 in europe was german militarism, not Hitler personaly. And there is no occupation of eastern europe by ussr. Because for this need a military administration control + limited rights of local people.
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  7.  @karlg5697  this is Erich Remarque quote, not stalin.
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  8. In reality Stalin care about army losses.
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  9. Check your stats - wrong info.
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  10.  @EnigmaEnginseer  Over the entire Soviet period, 787 thousand people were sentenced to death.
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  11. Suvorov theory is proven fake.
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  12.  @Clairedog12  Are you kidding? He doesn't even have a history education. This is a biased publicist. The information he creates has no value. For example, in reality, Germany invited the USSR to conclude a pact, and not vice versa. Hitler needed the neutrality of the USSR in the Polish war and he got it. In reality, Operation Barbarossa was not a preventive war, but part of the German colonization of the eastern lands. And if we evaluate the strategy, then it was part of the continental strategy against England (to destroy the USSR so that England does not have a potential ally to win the war). Hitler's early success in Operation Barbarossa was due to the balance of power because the Red Army did not complete its mobilization. In reality, the USSR had an offensive plan (like all large countries), but this plan had a defensive purpose. Suvorov does not know that offensive and aggression are not synonymous. In reality, Hitler gained power due to the fact that German industrialists put pressure on Hindenburg. And Stalin's policy continued Lenin's tactics in the form of refusal to cooperate with the Social Democrats because they could become potential Nazis. And much more.
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  13. You repeat nazi propaganda.
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  14. You are spreading false information. Over the entire Soviet period, 787 thousand people were sentenced to death. The Holodomor is a famine in several Soviet regions, not an order from Stalin. 3-4 million died from him, not 7.
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  15.  @guardiadecivil6777  there is no reason to separate the actions of the government from the actions of ordinary people during the war.
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  16. 800k people was killed in 29 years of stalin rule. 20-60 mln is propaganda numbers.
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  17. Text of secret protocol did not contain joint military plan vs poland. Read original.
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  18. After the war, Soviet prisoners of war had to go through a filtering procedure to identify German collaborators and criminals among them. A minority were arrested, but most were released. This has nothing to do with evil, but with state pragmatism.
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  19. You simply repeat the propaganda of the times of the Cold War about danger of dictators.
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  20. Best for Russia by what criterion? This is a common question. The Bolsheviks made a revolution in the field of industrialization (without it, victory over Germany is impossible) and the level of increase in national literacy (without it, industrialization is impossible). They equalized the rights of men and women (before the revolution women were limited in social rights) and separated the church from the state. These were positive revolutionary changes. But the construction of a classless society (communism) turned out to be impossible without mass repressions (this can be considered a disadvantage). But on the other hand, without this, social changes would not have occurred in a short time. Everything is interconnected. Today in Russia, we have more personal freedoms (compared to the USSR), but our state is in stagnation. My point of view is that for a correct understanding of history, people need to try to look at the world through the eyes of its main participants. What does it mean? For a correct understanding of Soviet politics, you must become Stalin; for German, you must become Hitler, etc. What is the concept of totalitarianism? It was created during the Cold War in the West to unite Nazi Germany and the Stalinist USSR as a common enemy. But how was this concept related to the reality of the second world war? The minimum. Inside totalitarian states, their structure was not perceived as imperfect, but as solid. The dictator (actually Stalin was not) was not perceived as a usurper of power, but as a strong leader. From the point of view of the Soviet agenda, both Germany and Western countries (including the United States) seemed to be imperialist states (you won’t argue that Vietnam didn’t do anything wrong to you, right). And inside Germany, the USSR and the west seemed part of a large Jewish social pyramid (lol). I wrote a little strange, but I think that you understood my message for you.
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  21. 1. The majority of victims in the Vietnamese war were civilians, not soldiers. United States committed a conscious act of genocide. The requirement to “stop communism” means a violation of the sovereignty of another state and betrayal of the ideas of freedom and democracy. Communist imperialism must mean that there is a metropolis (USSR) that receives any privileges from its colonies. Try to find them. Afghanistan was located near the Soviet borders and had the opportunity to get the government of radical fanatics. Plus, this country created drugs and sent them to the USSR. It was necessary to do something. The Soviet army did not commit acts of genocide here. 2. After the Second World War, the US Army did not leave Europe (maybe only partially). Remember the Berlin crisis? Your army is even in Europe today. USSR created friendly socialist states (to defend its western border), but they were not Soviet puppets. They had their own armies, their own laws, their own culture. Only the restoration of capitalism was forbidden. 3. The average American citizen must be held collectively responsible for the actions of his government. You can not have the largest number of military bases in the world and say that this is not your business. If you consider yourself a true democracy, then this should not happen. 4. The war against Poland was not agreed between Germany and the USSR. Each side had its own goals. 5. The killing of the tsar put an end to the ideas about the restoration of the monarchy in Russia. Deportation was not possible in a situation of emerging civil war. Britain refused to accept Nicholas earlier. 6. The truth is that you deny the enthusiasm of the Soviet people towards the Communists. What for? Why do you think that only fear of them was able to make us support their policies? This is an element of information warfare. 7. Soviet camps were labor one, not death camps. There were people who violated Soviet law. They were not slaves - they received little money and had access to entertainment (newspapers, theater, library, sports competitions). The task was to re-educate the person, not to kill him. 8. The percentage of allied aid from Soviet production. Tanks - 12.3% Planes - 13%. Artillery - 2.7% Ships - 22.4% Infantry weapon - 0.75% Food (grain) - 2.8% Self-propelled artillery - 7.8% Anti-aircraft guns - 21% Antitank guns - 9% Automobile gasoline - 2.7% Aviation fuel - 40% Railway rails - 36% Steam locomotives - 72% Explosives - 36.6% Aluminum - 55% Copper - 45% Tires - 30% Sugar - 29.5% Cotton - 6% Industrial machine tools - 24% The percentage of imported cars in the Red Army: 22.6.41 - 0% 1.1.42 - 0,1% 1.1.43 - 5.4% 1.1.44 - 19% 1,1,45 - 30,4% 1.5.45 - 32.8% Plus: In late May 1945, US presidential adviser Harry Hopkins, in a conversation with Stalin, said: "... we never believed that our Lend-Lease assistance was the main factor in the Soviet victory over Hitler on the Eastern Front. It was achieved by the heroism and blood of the Russian army". In the report of the US President to Congress on the implementation of the Lend-Lease program until March 31, 1945, it was pointed out that the Soviet armies were supplied mainly with Soviet weapons and materials. 9. About purge in red army check video on TIK channel.
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  22. You just repeated the propaganda of the Cold War about how communism was bad. Ask yourself a simple question: if the Bolsheviks were far worse then nazis for Russia, then why was the powerful industrial state built (under the direction of whom?) and why did the people support it? Until you find the answer to this question, do not think that you know the history of Russia better than its citizens.
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  23. Germany remain superiority in numbers of ground armies until december of 1941.
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  24. Show me Soviet documents that prove that Stalin killed 50 million people.
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  25. "Germany and USSR made a pact to split Eastern Europe" - on zones of influence. "So Social Darwinism should just be accepted? Strong should flourish, weak perish?" - Small countries should understand that the interests of large nations are a priority. No one would endanger himself because of the neutrality of a small nation. This will mean the creation of a military springboard against you, as happened for example in Finland. The Baltic had no choice of remaining neutral, only either the Soviet Republic or the German protectorate. The USSR chose to protect its interests here. "Why should the citizens of Eastern Europe be forced to comply with Nazi or Soviet interests?" - because for self-defense they do not have enough strength. Even Poland did not receive help from the west in September 1939. If you do not have the strength then you become an instrument of the policy of a large nation. For the same reason, today, Europe has many American bases. "Which Poles? Those in Western Poland (Germany) or those in Eastern Poland (Soviet Union)?" - Eastern Poles. "Sure he industrialized USSR but at the cost of million Soviet citizens" - industrialization in the USSR began earlier (1928) than starvation (1932-1933) or large repressions (1937-1938). Thus, there is no reason to equate these sacrifices with the price of industrialization. "kulaks" - The activities of these people have been banned under Soviet law since 1927. They used usury and economic speculation that was unacceptable.
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  26. The Americans did not leave Europe after the collapse of the USSR and the socialist bloc. Moreover, the NATO bloc was expanded despite the serious weakening of Russia at that time. Thus the balance of military-economic power was broken. Eastern Europe became part of American ambitions and lost the moral right to condemn russian politics. Europe without the United States has 3 times more people and 5 times more economic power than Russia. Thus, Russia cannot threaten them. But they say that the United States ensures their safety. Now look how hypocritical it sounds.
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  27. 1. The NATO bloc was an opponent of the USSR and is now an opponent of Russia. Why this block was not destroyed after the collapse of the USSR if it was created to restrain it? Now you ask me why this block is bothering Russia. 2. If the eastern Europe does not like foreign domination, then it should think so with respect to all countries, and not just Russia. Otherwise, they simply changed the Soviet influence on the American, and thus their position became hypocritical. They lost their moral right to condemn the Soviet policy which was aimed at deterring NATO. 3. If a country is independent, then it must defend itself by myself. If it asks for support from another large state, it automatically becomes part of its political ambitions. Thus, she loses some of her sovereignty. 4. When the NATO bloc expanded - Russia was economically weak, so the situation in Ukraine cannot be an excuse for expanding this bloc. Most countries in this bloc do not have a common border with Russia, therefore Russia cannot threaten them. 5. Western Europe has traditionally been a richer place due to the use of colonial policies in the past. Today, this policy has changed to dominate in economic and political sector. But this dominance is achieved by force and is not a criterion for the right course. This creates the danger that the loyalty of poor states will be “bought”. But don't you remember how they didn’t want to be part of the Russian boot? If a person can be bought, then he becomes a prostitute. 6. You seem to think that you have a real democracy, when in reality power belongs to a small number of influential people. They dictate their will to the majority of ordinary people who are forced to obey. Thus, there is no real reason why the United States has its military bases in Germany, Greece, Poland, South Korea, Japan and other countries. Russia cannot threaten them, and their local politicians are under American domination and cannot expel these people and pursue sovereign policies.
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  28.  Jesus él McNuggetCunt  In normal years, the mortality rate of prisoners in the gulag was 6-9%. During the famine and the great war, this percentage increased.
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  29. Over the entire soviet period, 787 thousand people were sentenced to death, not 50 mln lol.
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  30. He was an internationalist. You are trying to project the logic of the nationalists onto it, which is wrong.
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  31. And you believed to Khrushchev without even conducting your own investigation.
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  32.  @nseriously2704  во время голода численность сократилась + была эмиграция в Китай. А если не считать краткий период голода, то численность казахов увеличилась с 3.9 млн до 8.1 млн за весь советский период.
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  33.  @nseriously2704  это не российские данные, а советские. То есть первоисточник. Наберите в поисковике "перепись населения в СССР" и там будут данные по каждой республике за нужный вам период.
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  34. The Gulag Archipelago is a propaganda book written by a Russian nationalist who hated the Soviet government.
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  35.  @therainbowconnection6813  Solzhenitsyn in his book refers to the data of Professor Kurganov, who during the civil war in Russia fought on the side of the White Army, and during the operation Barbarossa supported the Nazis. It turns out that Solzhenitsyn is spreading Nazi propaganda as an objective opinion. As a result, many people in Russia and in the West, when they begin to study Soviet politics, instead of studying the primary sources (Soviet documents and the work of Lenin and Stalin) read propaganda in Solzhenitsin's book. In fact, his book is an information weapon, which is why it was popular with anti-communists.
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  36.  @therainbowconnection6813  Science tries to study history using primary sources of information. If you want to know the opinion of anti-communists, then the primary source will be a book by Solzhenitsyn or Russian emigrants. But if you want to know the realities of Soviet politics, then the primary source will be Soviet documents or the works of Stalin-Lenin. Not all documents are subject to propaganda because the state must record its work correctly. Solzhenitsyn's problem is that his popularity changed the logic of people and now they read anti-communists to understand Soviet politics. Although this is only their subjective interpretation.
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  37.  @therainbowconnection6813  What you say sounds like a conspiracy theory. In any case, Soviet documents remained secret until the 1990s. And if you say that the communists are constantly deceiving people, then you need specific arguments, and not fantasies from Solzhenitsyn's book that do not stand up to verification.
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  38.  @therainbowconnection6813  You do not have critical thinking because you rely not on the facts that are established by documents, but on your personal antipathy towards the communists. You are not doing a critical analysis of Solzhenitsin's book. For example, he wrote that in 1941 in the USSR there were 15 million prisoners in the gulag, but in reality there were 1.5 million. How did he get 15 million people? He used the rumors that some of the prisoners created. Or, for example, he says that during the entire Soviet period 66 million people were killed. Where did he get this number? It includes a civil war, two famines, World War II and Stalin's repression. But from this list, only repressions are related to the actions of the Soviet government (a civil war is the result of a confrontation between several political forces). And according to the documents, 787 thousand people were sentenced to death in the 29 years of Stalin's rule. Therefore, conducting such an analysis, you can see that the book of Solzhenitsyn has no historical value. If a person is objective, then there is no reason for him to trust such a source. But if a person is an anti-communist, then he confuses his positive emotions after reading of Solzhenitsyn with the reliability of the information itself. The problem with anti-communists is that they create a virtual image of Stalin that never existed - fake quotes, paranoia, etc. But they never check the original sources of information.
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  39.  @therainbowconnection6813  You misjudge Stalin's policies because you use liberalism as a criterion. But Stalin was not a liberal. He was a pragmatic atheist. Use liberalism only for other liberals, and pragmism for pragmatists. Do you understand the difference? The use of a different ideology distorts the motivation of the individual. If for a liberal, political violence is evil, then for a pragmatist it is a means to achieve his positive goal. Lenin and Stalin said bluntly that they were not shy about using violence to preserve their version of democracy (which the Soviet system did not deny, unlike Nazism). Therefore, the main task of the researcher is to correctly understand the process, and not to condemn it. If you condemn what you do not understand, then it will be of low value.
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  40.  @therainbowconnection6813  I never said that I was a communist. I just try to objectively analyze the historical process. For example, if I analyze Hitler, it does not mean that I am a Nazi. I'm just analyzing. When you say that Stalin's ideas about good and evil are distorted, then you are again using liberalism as a criterion. But Stalin never said that he was a liberal. Why do you think that all people should be liberals? This is also a form of violence. The dominance of liberalism will deny the competition between ideologies. In fact, the absence of violence is not always a bad thing. For example, Chamberlain's policy of appeasement relied on the absence of violence against Hitler, but this only made Germany stronger. Then it took even more violence to stop Hitler. If you want to understand Lenin or Stalin, then just read their books or articles. You do not need to read the opinion of anti-communists because it will only give you knowledge of their interpretation, but not understanding of the ideology of communism. And if you refuse to read the primary sources, then why do you think that you have the right to talk about Stalin's policies? This creates problems for those people who know the real picture because they have to refute old myths.
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  41.  @broctheil4744  official soviet statistics (population census of 1926 and 1939).
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  42. There were three famines in Soviet Russia - 1921, 1933 and 1947.
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  43.  @rishabhtiwari2390  And what proof do you have that the famine in 1933 was organized by the government?
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  44. This is myth which was created by baltic nationalists. In reality for occupaion need is control of military administration + limited civilians in rights.
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  45. And that proof for this statement? I am russian and can find original source.
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  46. Divide into zones of influence.
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  47.  @GeldtheGelded  Can you quote Stalin's order which aims to send 10 million soldiers to the front without weapons?
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  48. Fake numbers.
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  49. Stalin believed in the beginning of the war already on June 10, 1941, but the USSR did not have enough time to complete the mobilization of the army (about 30 days).
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  50. Of course.
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  51. 1. Stalin was not a dictator. 2. Soviet famine was not intentional.
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  52. 1). The term dictator means that a person governs the state individually, like a king. But in the case of Stalin, this is not true - the party leads. The supreme advisory body consisted of five people - Stalin, Molotov, Mikoyan, Chubar, Kaganovich. These people were preparing documents for further discussion in the Politbureau. If you study Soviet documents, you can find the signatures of these people (and some others) on them. This suggests that issues were solved collectively. 2). Hunger at this time was also in Romania, Bulgaria, Poland. Here some additional data. The famine of 1932-1933 had objective (drought, poor harvest, plant diseases) and subjective reasons -the mistakes of Soviet agricultural specialists, who used the American experience of processing the land. This experience was unsuccessful in Soviet climatic conditions and a significant part of the crop was lost. The Soviet government helped the affected regions by sending food aid and opening public canteens. The documented deaths of 2.5 million people, of which about 77 thousand people died directly from hunger, the rest - from epidemics, weakening of immunity and food poisoning. The plan of blanks was reduced by 40% relative to 1932 in decree of May 6, 1932 and by others. Collected grain in Ukraine - 916 million poods of which 280 million (31%) - took the state in the form of a plan. Soviet exports to other countries were reduced: 1931 (there is no famine) - 4.91 million tons of bread. 1932 - 1.32 million tons. 1933 - 1.53 million tons. Aid to regions: In general, from September 1932 to December 1934, Kazakhstan received 5 million centners of grain as food aid. This is 31.2 million poods. In total, in 1932, Ukraine received 3.2 million centners in the order of food aid, and in 1933 - 5.3 million centners. This is 53.1 million poods in total. And on the basis of this assistance a large-scale network of canteens was organized. According to data as of May 1933, 8.8 million people ate in rural canteens in the European part of the USSR. In Ukraine, at the same time, there were 20.7 thousand canteens, to which 3 million people were attached. In total, in 1933, catering, including food during field work, reached 39 million people.
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