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Soviet Georgia: Socialism, Stalin, and the Collapse of the USSR

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What Happened After the 1956 Protests?

Sakashuri was part of a pro-Stalin rally in 1956. He says the same people that were defending Stalin then became anti-Soviet dissidents. The most cool thing you could be was a dissident and listen to radio free Europe, he says. Sakashuri: There's always going to be this like part of Georgian elites who are very much anti-Soviet.

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