• Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    I speak fluent Russian and read this and the rest in original. That’s absolutely not what is written.

    And you can go and see Stalin’s edits on the article draft in Russian presidential archive.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Elaborate, then, what was Stalin trying to do? I specified context because that’s specifically what Stalin was trying to do.

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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          3 months ago

          No, lol, I was describing Stalin’s well-documented strategy regarding the Nazi threat. It’s summarized quite well in How to Cast a God into Hell: The Khrushchev Report. The Soviets expected the Nazis to invade, but were worried about the west, which was reluctant to take either side. Stalin was no friend of the Nazis, and wanted more time to prepare, and to prevent Britain from siding with the Nazis, which was a sizable risk.