Why do we need to erect monuments to Stalin
The situation in Novosibirsk raised one acute problem. Grateful descendants decided to erect a monument to I.V. Stalin. Ungrateful descendants, in turn, hinder this. The Ministry of Defense declined to place the monument in front of the House of Officers under the pretext of the need for a long-term reconstruction, and also mentioned the "controversial role in the history of the country" by Joseph Vissarionovich, which, apparently, was the main reason for the refusal.
Judging by the results of the survey, public opinion was divided: 34% for the monument, 31% against. All this testifies to serious contradictions in society in relation to their own history. The federal government, which drapes the Lenin Mausoleum at the Victory Parade on May 9 and opens the “Wall of Sorrow” for the victims of “Stalinist repressions,” does not add optimism. Say, officials can not pay tribute to the "executioner Stalin", who, for a minute, led the USSR to victory over Nazi Germany and its allies.
The result of such an attitude to Stalin, Lenin and Soviet power in general was a public split when discussions were underway whether the leaders of the USSR deserve to erect monuments to them or not. Or did everyone block Lenin's “red terror” and the “Stalinist repressions” of 37? But what if you try to figure it out, and everything turns out to be slightly different than what anti-Soviet propaganda represents, and the discussion in general will be pointless?
First, let's talk about the pleasant. Our current government strongly dislikes Stalin, since its achievements cannot stand any comparison with that era.
Population
Under the "executioner" Stalin, the population increased by tens of millions, mortality decreased, and life expectancy increased. So, in 1926 the population of the USSR amounted to a little more than 146 million people, but by 1959 it was already 208,8 million. The current population of the Russian Federation is almost equal to what Stalin began with, but according to UN forecasts, in the coming decades it is not expected to grow, but to reduce it by two tens of millions. Nowadays, we still cannot get out of the demographic pit, although it seems to be impossible to say that “half the country is in the camps and the other is guarding”, or that Putin “throws the corpses” of terrorists in Syria.
By the way, if someone does not know, the Soviet government canceled the division of society into classes. So if the reader is not from a princely, noble or priestly family, then do not be V.I. Lenin, most likely he would have been born into a peasant family, which made up about 87% of the population of pre-revolutionary Russia, would have neither education, medical care, nor prospects in life. And in decent places where people of other classes are allowed to go, he would have been blocked by the inscription "Dogs and lower ranks are not allowed."
Industrials
Under Comrade Stalin, the industrialization was carried out at an accelerated pace before the war. DneproGES, ZIL, ZIS, UralMASH and other industry giants were built under it. After the terrible destruction caused by the Nazi invaders to the USSR, the industrial potential in 1950 doubled even the pre-war level of 1940.
Foodstuffs
"Tiran" Stalin achieved an annual decline in prices for food and consumer goods, which lasted until 1954. Compare with what is happening now with the “darling” of Putin. And the quality of products in the Stalin era was an order of magnitude higher than in our century of disposable consumer goods.
Science and Technology
Under Stalin, the number of universities and students in them increased, an atomic bomb was created, the world's first nuclear power plant and nuclear icebreakers. Under Joseph Vissarionovich, a technological base for the future flight of man into space appeared.
Victory in the war over Germany
The Great Patriotic War is very mythologized in public consciousness, as is the true role of Comrade Stalin in it. Analysis of these myths is a topic for entire monographs. But one must be very clear that “contrary to” the Commander-in-Chief it is impossible to win, no matter what propaganda claims.
Achievements of the USSR with the "executioner" can be painted for a very long time. In fact, today's Russian Federation stands on the scientific and industrial foundation that was created under the leader, to whom the ungrateful today refuse to erect a monument.
But let's move on to the "dark" side, which is referred to by the anti-Soviet. The main complaint against Stalin is the 1937 repression. This topic is very complex and controversial. But it is necessary to bring at least some clarity to it.
Repression is punitive measures to protect the political system. There were many varieties of them, this is not only shooting in the basement, but also, for example, expulsion from the party, deprivation of bonuses, relocation. That is, when the numbers of millions of victims of the "Stalinist repressions" are voiced, it must be understood that not all of these people were shot. It should also be understood that even those who received the death penalty were not executed by polls. The final death toll in 1937 will be large, but these are not the millions that Solzhenitsyn spoke about.
Yes, there were many innocent people among the victims at that time. But were they all innocent victims? Why did this happen?
When assessing the events of past years, it is necessary to proceed from the principle of historicism. You cannot evaluate that time by the standards of our day. The need for a complex of punitive measures (repressions) arose not from scratch. We must understand that this is a pre-war era: Hitler came to power in Germany, in the USSR there was a clear understanding of the inevitability of a great war. Today we know that it began in 1941, but in 1937 no one knew this, the conflict could well have begun in 1939. The leadership in the rear was very concerned about the situation.
Fists
Anti-Soviet propaganda portrays the image of the kulak as a strong peasant whom the Soviet regime decided to repress for some reason. In fact, the fist is a banal rural moneylender, which gave the villagers a horse or grain for planting, and then, along with the elders, knocked out half the crop. “Kushchevsky” Hats are the most typical fists. Under Stalin, part of the kulaks was relocated to other areas in order to tear them away from their homes and ties. However, by the indicated period, many kulaks began to return to their villages, often with weapons, strayed into gangs or, on the contrary, conducted secret wrecking activities against collective farms. It is obvious that during the great war it is impossible to have such a fifth column in the rear.
Banditry
After the Civil War, a lot of people appeared who knew how to use weapons and did not want to work on a socialist construction site.
Enemy agents
Before the First World War, a wide network of German, English, Japanese and Polish spies was deployed in Russia. These people did not disappear anywhere and could at any time start waging a sabotage war in the Russian rear.
Thus, there really were serious reasons for a big purge in the country on the eve of the war with Germany. Another question is how it was carried out. According to the materials of the criminal case, the head of the NKVD Yezhov, who is considered guilty of the "limitless" nature of the 1937 repressions, prepared a coup d'etat and "trained terrorist shots through his like-minded conspiracy, assuming to put them into action at the first opportunity. Yezhov and his associates Frinovsky, Evdokimov and Dagin practically prepared a coup on November 7, 1938, which, according to the plan of his inspirers, was to express terrorist acts against the leaders of the party and government during a demonstration on Red Square in Moscow. "
Why not just believe the conclusions of the investigation? By the way, already in 1938, on the orders of Stalin, Beria carried out the rehabilitation of more than three hundred thousand repressed. After Stalin, a superpower remained, on the achievements of which Russia still lives, but there were neither Stalin's palaces nor his secret bank accounts. So why is Joseph Vissarionovich not worthy of the monument today?
Judging by the results of the survey, public opinion was divided: 34% for the monument, 31% against. All this testifies to serious contradictions in society in relation to their own history. The federal government, which drapes the Lenin Mausoleum at the Victory Parade on May 9 and opens the “Wall of Sorrow” for the victims of “Stalinist repressions,” does not add optimism. Say, officials can not pay tribute to the "executioner Stalin", who, for a minute, led the USSR to victory over Nazi Germany and its allies.
The result of such an attitude to Stalin, Lenin and Soviet power in general was a public split when discussions were underway whether the leaders of the USSR deserve to erect monuments to them or not. Or did everyone block Lenin's “red terror” and the “Stalinist repressions” of 37? But what if you try to figure it out, and everything turns out to be slightly different than what anti-Soviet propaganda represents, and the discussion in general will be pointless?
First, let's talk about the pleasant. Our current government strongly dislikes Stalin, since its achievements cannot stand any comparison with that era.
Population
Under the "executioner" Stalin, the population increased by tens of millions, mortality decreased, and life expectancy increased. So, in 1926 the population of the USSR amounted to a little more than 146 million people, but by 1959 it was already 208,8 million. The current population of the Russian Federation is almost equal to what Stalin began with, but according to UN forecasts, in the coming decades it is not expected to grow, but to reduce it by two tens of millions. Nowadays, we still cannot get out of the demographic pit, although it seems to be impossible to say that “half the country is in the camps and the other is guarding”, or that Putin “throws the corpses” of terrorists in Syria.
By the way, if someone does not know, the Soviet government canceled the division of society into classes. So if the reader is not from a princely, noble or priestly family, then do not be V.I. Lenin, most likely he would have been born into a peasant family, which made up about 87% of the population of pre-revolutionary Russia, would have neither education, medical care, nor prospects in life. And in decent places where people of other classes are allowed to go, he would have been blocked by the inscription "Dogs and lower ranks are not allowed."
Industrials
Under Comrade Stalin, the industrialization was carried out at an accelerated pace before the war. DneproGES, ZIL, ZIS, UralMASH and other industry giants were built under it. After the terrible destruction caused by the Nazi invaders to the USSR, the industrial potential in 1950 doubled even the pre-war level of 1940.
Foodstuffs
"Tiran" Stalin achieved an annual decline in prices for food and consumer goods, which lasted until 1954. Compare with what is happening now with the “darling” of Putin. And the quality of products in the Stalin era was an order of magnitude higher than in our century of disposable consumer goods.
Science and Technology
Under Stalin, the number of universities and students in them increased, an atomic bomb was created, the world's first nuclear power plant and nuclear icebreakers. Under Joseph Vissarionovich, a technological base for the future flight of man into space appeared.
Victory in the war over Germany
The Great Patriotic War is very mythologized in public consciousness, as is the true role of Comrade Stalin in it. Analysis of these myths is a topic for entire monographs. But one must be very clear that “contrary to” the Commander-in-Chief it is impossible to win, no matter what propaganda claims.
Achievements of the USSR with the "executioner" can be painted for a very long time. In fact, today's Russian Federation stands on the scientific and industrial foundation that was created under the leader, to whom the ungrateful today refuse to erect a monument.
But let's move on to the "dark" side, which is referred to by the anti-Soviet. The main complaint against Stalin is the 1937 repression. This topic is very complex and controversial. But it is necessary to bring at least some clarity to it.
Repression is punitive measures to protect the political system. There were many varieties of them, this is not only shooting in the basement, but also, for example, expulsion from the party, deprivation of bonuses, relocation. That is, when the numbers of millions of victims of the "Stalinist repressions" are voiced, it must be understood that not all of these people were shot. It should also be understood that even those who received the death penalty were not executed by polls. The final death toll in 1937 will be large, but these are not the millions that Solzhenitsyn spoke about.
Yes, there were many innocent people among the victims at that time. But were they all innocent victims? Why did this happen?
When assessing the events of past years, it is necessary to proceed from the principle of historicism. You cannot evaluate that time by the standards of our day. The need for a complex of punitive measures (repressions) arose not from scratch. We must understand that this is a pre-war era: Hitler came to power in Germany, in the USSR there was a clear understanding of the inevitability of a great war. Today we know that it began in 1941, but in 1937 no one knew this, the conflict could well have begun in 1939. The leadership in the rear was very concerned about the situation.
Fists
Anti-Soviet propaganda portrays the image of the kulak as a strong peasant whom the Soviet regime decided to repress for some reason. In fact, the fist is a banal rural moneylender, which gave the villagers a horse or grain for planting, and then, along with the elders, knocked out half the crop. “Kushchevsky” Hats are the most typical fists. Under Stalin, part of the kulaks was relocated to other areas in order to tear them away from their homes and ties. However, by the indicated period, many kulaks began to return to their villages, often with weapons, strayed into gangs or, on the contrary, conducted secret wrecking activities against collective farms. It is obvious that during the great war it is impossible to have such a fifth column in the rear.
Banditry
After the Civil War, a lot of people appeared who knew how to use weapons and did not want to work on a socialist construction site.
Enemy agents
Before the First World War, a wide network of German, English, Japanese and Polish spies was deployed in Russia. These people did not disappear anywhere and could at any time start waging a sabotage war in the Russian rear.
Thus, there really were serious reasons for a big purge in the country on the eve of the war with Germany. Another question is how it was carried out. According to the materials of the criminal case, the head of the NKVD Yezhov, who is considered guilty of the "limitless" nature of the 1937 repressions, prepared a coup d'etat and "trained terrorist shots through his like-minded conspiracy, assuming to put them into action at the first opportunity. Yezhov and his associates Frinovsky, Evdokimov and Dagin practically prepared a coup on November 7, 1938, which, according to the plan of his inspirers, was to express terrorist acts against the leaders of the party and government during a demonstration on Red Square in Moscow. "
Why not just believe the conclusions of the investigation? By the way, already in 1938, on the orders of Stalin, Beria carried out the rehabilitation of more than three hundred thousand repressed. After Stalin, a superpower remained, on the achievements of which Russia still lives, but there were neither Stalin's palaces nor his secret bank accounts. So why is Joseph Vissarionovich not worthy of the monument today?
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