While the Red Army did liberate and care for many of the survivors of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Soviet newspapers often neglected to mention that many of the victims were Jewish. While soft compared to what happened in Germany, anti-Semitism was still a very real reality in the Soviet Union.
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Fun Fact: When The Soviet Union Canceled History Exams in 1988
Part of Soviet reforms in its last days, history exams were canceled across the nation as Russian leadership admitted most of its “history” in the textbooks were lies.
Fun Fact: First Member of Congress Born in the Soviet Union and Ukraine
Victoria Spartz (R-Indiana) is the first member of Congress to be Ukrainian and also born in the former Soviet Union.
Fun Fact: First Chinese Leader Born in Communist China
China’s current dictator Xi Jinping is the first and only communist leader born after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
(Not So) Fun Fact: When Soviet Children Tricked the American Ambassador
In 1945, American ambassador to the Soviet Union, W. Averell Harriman was given a American seal by Soviet children. It took him years to realize it had a secret listening device.