Anti-Fascist Translator Monkey
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RU-EN technical translator, literary wannabe. Left-leaning military vet, voracious reader, socially conscious, happily woke. Fed with 45 years of service dedicated to upholding the Constitution. I invite those who support fascism to fuck right off.
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Documents declassified by Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) show that proving the Soviet state-supported famine #Holodomor through the census was a crime punishable by death. An incredible tale. #Ukraine #USSR
Census Takers Executed by Soviet Authorities in 1938 for Unwittingly Revealing Millions of Ukrainians Were Lost to the Holdomor
Hopes were certainly high when Stalin declared a census be taken in 1937 across the entire Soviet Union. As the illustration above shows, gigantic success was anticipated for socialism in the USSR.…
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The last of the series of classified reports on Soviet handling of deserting American servicemen. The CPSU is briefed by the KGB on the new additions arriving from Japan, and efforts to turn these into Soviet wins before they depart for such "neutral" countries as North Korea and Cuba.
The Intrepid Four: Wrap-Up of the Soviet Propaganda Program to Exploit More US Vietnam War Deserters
This wraps up (for now, pending additional document releases) our short series of translations relating to the Intrepid Four and their handling for propaganda purposes by the Soviet Union. For furt…
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Top Secret documents continue to expose the network of cooperation to bring deserting US servicemen into the Soviet Union for propaganda exploitation "to the advantage of the USSR". Also includes a nice link to an excellent declassified US document that provides additional Western context.
The Intrepid Four: More US Servicemen Fall into the Soviet Propaganda Machine
This continues our short series of translations relating to the Intrepid Four and their handling for propaganda purposes by the Soviet Union. For further information, please refer to our first repo…
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The series of classified documents from 1967 on the USS Intrepid's deserting sailors continues. Brezhnev's name makes an appearance as in favor of the measures introduced to exploit the young men during the 5-7 days over which they will be staying in the USSR.
The Intrepid Four: US Navy Deserters Begin to Feel Moscow’s Pressure
This continues our short series of translations relating to the Intrepid Four and their handling for propaganda purposes by the Soviet Union. For further information, please refer to our first repo…
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Four US sailors from the aircraft carrier provide the Soviets an opportunity to apply a master class in propaganda in this series of ten translated Top Secret documents.
The Intrepid Four: The Soviet Propaganda Campaign Exploiting US Navy Deserters During Vietnam
Desertion from war is as old as war itself. The US involvement in Vietnam saw desertion reach its newest heights, with more than half a million US service members fleeing its ranks, but it can be a…
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