Here we find someone who has so lamented the fall of the Soviet Union, saying it was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century, and yet he is now blaming Lenin for allowing the principle that the different national republics should have equal say,” said Mr. Beevor, referring to the establishment of the Ukraine S.S.R. in 1922.
History As It Happens: Lenin, Stalin, Putin
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Still, Mr. Beevor said the atomic bombings, as well as the months of fire bombings of dozens of Japanese cities starting in Marc 1945, can be safely considered an atrocity, defined as the wanton killing of non-combatants, in a war full of atrocities.
History As It Happens: Reconsidering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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