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Beevor Reveals Stalin Banned Limbless Veterans From Cities After WWII Victory
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The Russian Mindset and Where it Comes From - Historian Sir Antony Beevor
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"Stalin, having talked about the heroism of the Red Army and all the rest of it in 1945, then bans any of them from the cities. They're sent to the north just to get them out of the way because he doesn't want to have the cities cluttered up with limbless veterans."
Historian Antony Beevor disclosed that despite praising the Red Army's heroism, Stalin banned disabled veterans from Soviet cities after World War II, exiling amputees to the north. He noted these veterans were derisively called 'samovars' after losing limbs, exemplifying Russia's historical pattern of brutal treatment toward its own soldiers even after sacrifice.
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- The Russian Mindset and Where it Comes From - Historian Sir Antony Beevor
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