Do the successor states of the Soviet Union, such as Russia or Tajikistan, not teach the details of Bolshevism, Socialism, or their history from '22-'91, or is that glossed over?

by sea_of_joy__

Do the successor states of the Soviet Union, such as Russia or Tajikistan, not teach the details of Bolshevism, Socialism, or their history from '22-'91, or is that glossed over?

I'm asking this because I have a Russian friend who is not familiar with many historical socialist thinkers, such as Peter Kropotkin. I'm also under the impression that today's Russians distance themselves from their Soviet legacy, and I have no clue how nations like Uzbekistan or Kazakhstan view that episode of their history.

I'm under the impression that modern-day people from the former USSR distance themselves from that episode in their history, and that they're trying to be like a capitalistic European country.

Their are similarities between the Russian system of governance and their philosophies with the American Republican Party in terms of their economic policy being very Keynesian, support for the wealthy class, strident Christianity nationalism, and even their clothes has converged to that of a conservative party. During the Soviet Union Era, the Ukrainians/Russian wore their distinctive Slavic clothes, and they seemed to differentiate themselves from other Europeans, but today, they wear the same fashion as their Western European and North American counterparts.

  • What do people from Russia, Ukraine, Central Asian Republics, Caucus Mountains, etc., view socialism today and the way it was back then?
  • Have these people renounced Marx, Lenin, Stalin, etc.?
  • Is this not even taught in schools anymore, because I'm under the impression that this episode of the former Soviet's history has been erased or minimalized.
crrpit

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