January 27, 2016

Federalism contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Said Putin
Putin was particularly critical of Lenin’s concept of a federative state with its entities having the right to secede, saying it has heavily contributed to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union. He added that Lenin was wrong in a dispute with Joseph Stalin, who advocated a unitary state model.
(P.S. Stalin is back in fashion.)

3 comments:

edutcher said...

Lenin also said to watch out for Stalin.

But I'll bet Ol' Vlad likes to wander around Lubyanka humming, "Those Were The Days, My Friend".

PS Second link leads to a piece about Pakistan.

Irene said...

Thanks; fixed.

edutcher said...

It's good that was fixed.

Really good piece on the phenomenon. Scary, nonetheless.