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It was not all so terrible indeed. It was much worse. A couple of American journalists in 1940s USSR? They would see as much of real Soviet life as modern touri
by golergka 9y ago
It was not all so terrible indeed. It was much worse. A couple of American journalists in 1940s USSR? They would see as much of real Soviet life as modern tourists would of North Korea.
- mantas 9y agoUSSR even had a special programme targeting famous artists/writers etc. They'd invite them to Moscow or Leningrad and give them a majestic tour about how nice Soviet life is. We had an interesting situation in Lithuania. A lot of local inteligentsia took the tour in 1930s and initially supported Soviet occupation. Quite a few of them quickly backpedaled when they saw how real day-to-day soviet life looks like. That programme is one of the reasons why a lot of famous people in the West supported USSR during cold war. Old the bad things must be bourgeois propaganda anyway..