Ask/Tell us about the Soviet Union!

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Aethersphere: Mar 21, 2009; you see me rollin up pops you step aside

One day in March, many years ago, I was in a high school Social Studies class and the teacher was discussing the final years of Stalin's reign, including the lingering effects of his brutality. The vice principal of the school, who happened to be Ukrainian, walked by the classroom while my teacher was lecturing. My Social Studies teacher called for him to come in the room and, without prompting, asked, "what's today?" My vice principal replied, "it's the happiest day of the year, March 5th." "Why is it the happiest day of the year?" asked my teacher, and the VP replied, "because Stalin died today in 1953!" and then walked away. It was a pretty fantastic example of how these things can linger on in the consciousness of a people.

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