[lbo-talk] A Tale of Two Post-Soviet Elections (the eXile)

[Charles Brown]

During WWII Belarus lost some 25% of the population.
It was the scene of some of the war's very toughest
In many other regions in Eastern Europe --
the Baltic countries, Hungary, Romania, Croatia,
western Ukraine -- Hitler's armies obtained plenty of
recruits and supplies that added strength to the Nazi
war machine. In Serbia and Belarus, on the other hand,
dozens of German divisions were tied up by courageous
and tenacious guerillas, suffering terrible losses.
After the war, Belarus became the industrial and
agricultural powerhouse of the Soviet Union. Its
living standards were among the highest in the former
USSR, about 20-30% higher than in Russia and slightly
better than in Ukraine.

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CB: Minsk, Detroit's sister city, is a Great Patriotic War Hero City. I have
a pin with that symbolized. Minsk also produces automobiles, probably still.