26 Jul 2004
Putin orders Stalingrad tribute

Hiding and/or rewriting history is a bad thing, no matter who's doing it. Stalin was famous for "reworking" documents to make it appear as though opponents never even existed: and his intellectual heritage was being extended by those who would expunge his name from the historical records. Glad to see that it's being set straight, at last.

The Russian president orders the old name of the city to be reinstated on a plaque marking the battle of Stalingrad.

(link) [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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