Archives Closed Again?

[deValcourt]

I guess it's all about what area(s) of history each individual is interested in. Each period - the early years when the revolution was still on everyone's mind and memory; the GPW years when there was both unity for a common cause and a homicidal lunatic running the country; the reconstruction and expansion; the Cold War/Afghanistan.

I have a certain amount of interest in each of these periods, but more interest in some than others. I suspect this is the case with most people. Frankly, as I get more into working on my website (shameless plug:D) and making connections from one stage of the evolution of the USSR to another, the more understanding I have of 1917-1991 as a whole.

At the same time, I'll be the first to tell you that I run into more than the occasional student who at 19 has never heard of the Soviet Union and wouldn't recognize a Communist takeover if they waved red banners and held military parades on Bourbon Street.;)

Phillip