Posted by
AJH on Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:22:09 PM
Today, this morning to be precise, I received a comment on Facebook from a “friend” named Dasha who is more of a casual acquittance and lives in Russia. Recently I posted a new profile photo, which is actually some artwork featuring our entombed, embalmed-for-posterity friend Lenin. Dasha queried, curious about my profile. “Are you a communist? You interested in Russian history?”
As a kinda artsy guy, I have always been fascinated by Soviet imagery (and other communist propaganda including Chinese). It's perhaps the only good thing to come out of so much death and suffering. However, I am an avowed free market capitalist pig. Although I am a history aficionado, Russian history doesn't particularly interest me unless it relates to foreign relations or German immigrants, some of whom were (or are) distant relatives.
More on Germans in Russia in a bit.
AJH