--- Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: CB: It is not quite clear that because there was a Gulag, show trials of Party members and other acts of state repression on specific occasions, that there was no or little democratic process in decisions on other matters in Soviet society during Stalin's rule or "Stalinism" ( other matters such as decisions on transportation safety) ---
Me : In the Brezhnev era, the primary domestic purpose of KGB informers was to gauge public opinion with respect to this or that government policy. I personally hate the word "Stalinism." It's not even a Russian word (it is now, but it was imported). What exactly does it mean? And why the obsession with one man? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
