> For example, I think this gives us clues about Russian communism's decline (also in the West, ideologically) after Stalin. The decline only started well afte

> For example, I think this gives us clues about Russian communism's decline (also in the West, ideologically) after Stalin. The decline only started well after that, even after the 1968 Prague Spring debacle. Only a few of the faithful in the west were put off by it. I'd put it at late 1970s, maybe really sinking in with Poland's Solidarnosc turmoil around 1980.