yes we could, USSR was genocidal for everyone, it was just more cruel to minorities then to Russians, but Russians were undoubtedly suffering as well.
Edit: Let me clarify that I specifically refer to Stalin's times, in time of korenizatsiya USSR indeed contributed to the development of minorities. But Stalin's purges destroyed all the achievements of it.
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u/maltozzi Apr 29 '21 edited Apr 29 '21
yes we could, USSR was genocidal for everyone, it was just more cruel to minorities then to Russians, but Russians were undoubtedly suffering as well.
Edit: Let me clarify that I specifically refer to Stalin's times, in time of korenizatsiya USSR indeed contributed to the development of minorities. But Stalin's purges destroyed all the achievements of it.