Anne Applebaum: "Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, a Soviet historian and dissident who survived the gulag under Stalin and in later decades brought new attention to the scope of the regime’s barbarism, died July 9 in Moscow. He was 93. Anton was one of a handful of Soviets who were able and brave enough and resourceful enough to break the silence about the real history of the Soviet Union, which was completely falsified under Stalin,” said Cohen, a professor emeritus at New York University and Princeton University. “He told the truth as he knew it, the uncensored truth of the Stalin era.”" Read the full article: washingtonpost/world/europe/anton-antonov-ovseyenko-historian-and-survivor-of-stalins-gulag-dies-at-93/2013/07/13/aed01ec0-ebcc-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:12:14 +0000
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