Today, some Russians still believe the old Soviet propaganda just like many Americans still believe Putin is a dictator and Russians are all atheists and communists. Nevertheless, ever since Solzhenitsyn's books became mandatory reading in Russian schools, the truth has slowly come out about the communist regime that murdered their own people. Most Russians are aware of the bloody truth about communism now. Modern movies and books have revealed the truth. I have seen them myself.
"In Soviet times, all textbooks talked about the rotten tsarist regime and the bloody Nicholas II. The Soviet Union has been gone for more than a quarter of a century, but the myths of Soviet propaganda are still firmly embedded in our minds." -
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