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I'll be serious this time. 😀

Without a doubt, Soviet soldiers accomplished many feats but "28 Panfilov Guardsmen" is considered a fake of Soviet propaganda (wiki).

Post-war investigation by Soviet authorities, carried out in 1948 and since declassified, revealed the story to be a fabrication... ...In June 2015, Russian State Archive director Sergei Mironenko, citing historical documents, publicly stated that the story was in fact a myth

The dates are 1917-1920 so it's something about the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) caused by the Bolsheviks' coup in the Russian Republic.

The government of the Russian Republic was dissolved after the Bolsheviks seized power by force on 7 November 1917. Nonetheless, a partially democratic election of the Constituent Assembly still took place later in November. [The Bolsheviks lost it - they got 23%] On 18 January 1918, the Constituent Assembly issued a decree, proclaiming Russia a democratic federal republic, but was also dissolved by the Bolsheviks on the next day after the proclamation.

Thus, Lenin wasn't a guy who overthrew the monarchy, he stole power from Russian democracy. Saying this, since the ex-Soviet space is still full of myths about the USSR.

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yup there are myths fake news and lies about everything, and everyone, history is shaped to the agenda to suit the controllers.

Churchill for instance was no hero, he was a war criminal the UK and the USA did not win the 2nd WW, Russia did. But if you believe the bullshit spewed out in british classrooms it is quite the opposite.

History for the people mostly serves politics, so yeah.

yup