If you need explanation as to who arrested whom and sent to what camps, you really need to do some reading before continuing this discussion. [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060007761/qid=1012181731/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_27_2/103-0314185-6729473|Gulag Archipelago] is well known. A bit less known (around here), by the same author, [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374511993/qid=1012181797/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_11_4/103-0314185-6729473|"Cancer Ward"]. For even better literature, check this book out (I haven't read the English translation, can't wouch for the quality of that) [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/5280004774/qid=1012182036/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/103-0314185-6729473|Andrey Platonov, "Chevengur"]. For the situation in 70s and beyond, look at this book: [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385176570/qid=1012181616/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_8_1/103-0314185-6729473|M. Voslensky, "Nomenklatura : The Soviet Ruling Class"].

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I thought "The Radiant Future" was the belief of the IDEAL COMMUNISTS.
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Yes. And to achieve it, any means were OK. From bank robbing (before the Revolution) to mass murder after. It's amazing what people do when they believe in heaven, even if it's heaven on Earth.