Political Correctness in Russia

Robert A. Rothstein rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU
Fri Dec 5 14:59:10 UTC 2008


John Dunn wrote:
> It is also worth remembering that choosing the politically correct term to refer to certain historical or political events remained an issue for as long as the Soviet system existed, as would be revealed by a study of the rise and fall of the various quasi-euphemistic expressions used to refer to the events of the late 1930s and beyond.
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Such as the "братская помощь чехословацкому народу" (bratskaia pomoshch' 
chekhoslovatskomu narodu) of 1968.

Bob Rothstein

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