[obeid]

Read the writer's bio before sharing your hot take on the article.

"Kristen R. Ghodsee, a professor of Russian and East European studies at the University of Pennsylvania, is the author of numerous books on European Communism and its aftermath, including, most recently, “Red Hangover: Legacies of 20th-Century Communism.”

This is an essay in the series Red Century, about the history and legacy of Communism 100 years after the Russian Revolution."

Edit: formatting

[ChristianBundy]

Thank you. Regardless of whether the article is factually correct, I'm a bit surprised to see the number of reactionary comments (dead or otherwise) in this thread.