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Soviet states were Russian the same way that Oregonians are American or Taiwanese are Chinese. My qualm with this title is that the use of "German" is a subtle
by bayfullofrays 8y ago
Soviet states were Russian the same way that Oregonians are American or Taiwanese are Chinese. My qualm with this title is that the use of "German" is a subtle form of Nazi erasure that white nationalists cling onto.
- adamson 8y agoNot at all. The Soviet Union was a self-proclaimed multi-ethnic state that was only Russian in the sense that the Russian soviets were the largest and dominated political life.
- v_lisivka 8y agoSoviet Union was called "Russian" because it was built on remnants of Russian empire. Russians were not the largest group until Holodomor in 1932-1934, and political life was dominated by Jews.
- dang 8y agoPlease stop using HN for political and national battle. We ban accounts that do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- v_lisivka 8y agoIf you are really want to for HN to be better place, maybe it's better to fix HN instead of trying to fix HN users. First, fix problem with down-votes — down-votes are used here to hide alternative views on a problem, from politics to quantum theory. Second, fix problem with off-topics — create possibility to separate off-topic branches from main branch, so users can discuss their problems without disturbing others. Third, text contains no emotions or political battles. It's just text. Minor correction of text between two historians can be major insult to you.