As debates in the US rage over the removal of Confederate and other monuments that celebrate a racist past, some in Russia have been thinking hard about how people there confront their own history.
Near Gorky Park, lies a grassy area full of statues of former Soviet leaders. After the fall of Communism, they’re propped up again for all to see without explanations of their crimes. Jessica Golloher has the details from Moscow.
The Living on Earth Almanac
This week, facts about…Joseph Stalin’s great plan for the preservation of nature.
Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on a lawsuit brought by Josef Stalin’s grandson against a newspaper. The libel suit focuses on an article that described Stalin’s actions leading to the deaths of millions of Soviet citizens.
