[sergeykish]

Gulag [1], Purges [2], man made famine [3], restriction of movement [4], population as means for World Revolution [5], imperialism [6].

Bolsheviks were terrorists [7], the state evolved from terrorists organisation. It should be shamed just as we shame Fascists. Meanwhile in Russia Stalin popularity is record high [8].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1932%E2%80%93...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_system_in_the_Soviet_...

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_revolution

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Empire

[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror

[8] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47975704

[gdy]

It has nothing to do with Lebensraum.

[celticninja]

It walks like a duck and sounds like a duck. You can call it whatever you want, the ethos is the same.

[gdy]

We are talking about motivation for getting territories.

All that the parent comment listed doesn't have anything to do with that.