/u/newlyfast's posts in /r/askhistorians
What did Lenin and the Bolsheviks think about the revolutionary leaders that established the United States?
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How has the opening of the Soviet bloc archives in 1992 impacted the historiography of the Cold War?
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What, if any, impact did Orlando Figes anonymous reviews on Amazon.com of Robert Conquest's and Anne Applebaum's books have on the historical profession? How has it impacted Figes' reputation as a historian? Do you as historians even care if a peer takes to Amazon.com to trash your research?
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What became of the real "Trotsky", the jailer from whom the famous revolutionary Leon Trotsky took his revolutionary pseudonym? Do any historical records survive about his life?
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