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The professional anti-communist Pipes: "Yet according to public opinion polls, he remains one of Russia's most popular political figures: a survey conducted in 2006 revealed that nearly one half (47 percent) of Russians regarded him as a positive figure. What accounts for this paradox? It is that the great majority of Russians have little interest in politics."
How dare the Soviet people industrialize without Trotsky! How dare the Soviet people save the world from Nazism without Trotsky! The masses make history, not one or two great men. That is the general understanding on the left - except when they project their infantile tantrums onto Soviet history. Then they join Pipes. At least they can demonize one person.
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