Historians, however, soon realised the importance of Zhukov’s work. The Memorial organisation, which documents Stalin-era crimes, released a CD last summer containing his database of names. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lavrenti Beria, the boss of Stalin’s secret police, with Stalin’s daughter, Svetlana. Petrov said there was not one Russian school textbook that referred to “crimes” during the Stalin period, only “mistakes”. Not everyone is impressed with Zhukov’s work.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2017 07:18 UTC