Sovietology Quotes

“I remember the teacher telling us that Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, alongside Russia. “The Soviet Union is the largest and most glorious empire that the world has ever seen,” the teacher
lectured. “We’re all proud comrades. We’re all like brothers. We’re so lucky to be part of the greatest
nation that has ever existed. We love our country and our country loves us like a mother loves her children.”
― Carlito Sofer, Nik Krasno

“Why is it that we who have enjoyed the human free­doms which our forefathers fought so hard to win and to bequeath to us, do not, with the example of Russia before us, realize the horrors of life without freedom? Why is it that we cannot understand that there is no such thing as embracing Communism as an experiment? It is a one-way street, ending in a cul de sac of secret police terror, firing squads for the intellectuals and leaders and concentration camps and slave labor for the masses. There is no turning back; there is no escape.”
― Freda Utley

“С порабощением рабочих партаппаратом из ленинской “идеологической инъекции” исчезли признаки марксизма (“фабрики рабочим!”) После погрома и закрепощения крестьянства (“земля крестьянам!”) исчезла пугачевщина. Что же осталось от “идеологической инъекции”? Осталось главное, что привело “шайку” к власти, — шигалевщина.”
― Роман Гуль, Я унес Россию

“In the final analysis, truth will always triumph in mankind’s historical progress. Soviet literature’s strength lies in the fact that it offers the world the truth about Soviet man, the Soviet way of life, and communism.”
― Albert Belyaev, The Ideological Struggle and Literature: A Critical Analysis of the Writings of US Sovietologists