![]() The difference was that the USSR was an entire union of republics to protect the interests of Soviet citizens while both the Jewish and Romanis were ethnic and religious minorities within a lot of countries and didn't therefore have same level of protection if you can say so hence why it was far easier to get to them. Which, yeah, is true, but the people of Soviet Union were in Nazi Germany's top five list to get rid of, and they were actively doing it from shooting up entire villages to using people in camps essentially as walking blood bags for their wounded soldiers. Certain Western countries tend to ignore this completely by saying it was war and that Nazis were just monsters that killed anything that moved and wasn't German. ![]() It was the first try of a western country to erradicate our ethnicity, our nation, our country. It's why Russians, even today, find it so easy to adapt to the wartime mentality of "everything for the front". Well, I think it's not unfair to say that this carries over to the present day. But when you have a generation of children that went through those years, when you have adults that, though they survived, carry so much trauma with them, and they raise their children with the effects of that deep in their psyche. The scale of participation is more important in my mind than the death toll, though that's not saying that it doesn't matter. "Everything for the front" wasn't just a propaganda slogan, it was a genuine way of life for 4 terrible years. Every single person in the country was affected one way or another - everyone that could, worked for the war effort, nearly every family had lost someone, everyone was on rations. 30 million men and women had gone through the ranks of the Red Army. ![]() Even historians, who have all the facts, just aren't undersatnding them.įor modern Russian culture, the war is incredibly important to understand. Personally, I found that people have a hard time grasping the Soviet side of the war. War, revolution, famine, repressions, terror, more war, more famine. Given how Russian history went during the first half of the 20th century, that's not an unfair assessment. But the point is there still - he recognized that suffering was, in a sad way, a part of being Russian. OK, translation can never really do justice to Vysotskiy's brilliance. Question from Russians to Russians are allowed too.Īnd hey, if you're into instant messengers, check out our Discord! Contents include: language learning, expat talk, edgy memes, anime, videogames, and flame wars from time to time.įrom Vladimir Vysotskiy's "Ballad about childhood": All of them will be glad to answer your questions. We also have some people from Belarus, Kazakhstan and other ex-USSR countries where Russian is widely spoken. The sub was created by a Russian speaker from Ukraine. It's Russian speakers, not just Russians, because Russia is a multinational and multiethnic state and because there are many other countries where people speak the Russian language. This place is meant to be a Q&A subreddit for everyone who wants to pose questions and requests to Russian speakers. Please read our FAQ and rules before posting or commenting
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