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| Tango01 | 15 Jul 2016 12:23 p.m. PST |
…Debunking Soviet WW II Legend. "Sergei Mironenko, who had held the post of director of the Russian State Archive since 1992, was removed from his post less than a year after exposing the popular Soviet World War II Panfilov legend as "fiction" and pointing out Soviet "myths" in front of government bigwigs. Mironenko was made head of research at the archive. On March 16, he said in an interview with RFE/RL's Russian Service that the change was the result of a "collective decision." He claimed that his earlier statements which were at odds with the authorities, including Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky, were "not the deciding factor." However, the Russian paper Moskovsky Komsomolets, has sources who claim that Mironenko was very well regarded by his colleagues and that the conflict with Medinsky may indeed have led to his dismissal…"
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Marc33594  | 16 Jul 2016 5:57 a.m. PST |
From The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Ransom Stoddard: You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?
Maxwell Scott: No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. |
| Tango01 | 16 Jul 2016 10:29 a.m. PST |
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