Communism is taught as an inherently, purely evil thing in the schools in Finland but I was fortunate enough to have a Russian grandmother who taught me to question everything and taught me how shit really went. Thank every deity and demon for her honestly, I wouldn't be who I am without бабушка.
@NewEnglandite I highly recommend doing that. The stories are absolutely worth hearing and I felt like I got to know my roots better through her stories.
@NewEnglandite Ohhh, that'd be so interesting to get to compare! Especially since your grandparents lived both eras and hear how they see that time compared to how you saw it. My grandma left in... 1941? when she was about 19 and she told me stories about the beginning of USSR and even the stories of the empire and revolution her parents had told her. I could never put a price on those.
Politics, communism Afficher plus
@NewEnglandite Sorry I'm hopping between instances