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addendiom #3June 22, 1941
Posted by:
Yuri IL\'IN
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Date: June 22, 2001 04:18AM
<HTML>Three-fourths of Russians suggest making June 22 Day of Mourning, poll
According to a poll the All Russia Center for Public Opinion Studies (VTSIOM) conducted shortly before the 60th anniversary of Germany\'s attack on the Soviet Union, three-fourths of Russians (74%) are for making June 22 the day of national morning in memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) that was fought against fascist Germany. However, 15% are against it and another 6% are unconcerned.
The poll also shows that 35% of respondents believe there was a chance in the late 1930s to avoid World War II, while 47% think the war was unavoidable.
More than a half of Russians (58%) hold a view that the story about the unexpected German attack on the USSR on June 22, 1941, was invented in order to cover Stalin\'s political blunders, which were the reason why the Soviet Union proved unprepared for the war. Yet, 32% believe the attack was sudden.
As is evident from the poll, families of 84% of respondents have or had relatives, who took part in the Great Patriotic War. The same query elicited a negative response from 16% of those polled.
Sixty-four percent said some or other relative of theirs perished in the war (at the front, in captivity, in punitive round-ups, during bombing raids, the blockade, etc.). Thirty percent said their families had relatives missing in action; 70% replied they had none.
Against that background, the overwhelming majority of Russians (86%) said they did not feel hatred for the inhabitants of countries, which were the USSR\'s adversaries in the war; 12% claimed they had the opposite feeling.
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According to a poll the All Russia Center for Public Opinion Studies (VTSIOM) conducted shortly before the 60th anniversary of Germany\'s attack on the Soviet Union, three-fourths of Russians (74%) are for making June 22 the day of national morning in memory of the victims of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) that was fought against fascist Germany. However, 15% are against it and another 6% are unconcerned.
The poll also shows that 35% of respondents believe there was a chance in the late 1930s to avoid World War II, while 47% think the war was unavoidable.
More than a half of Russians (58%) hold a view that the story about the unexpected German attack on the USSR on June 22, 1941, was invented in order to cover Stalin\'s political blunders, which were the reason why the Soviet Union proved unprepared for the war. Yet, 32% believe the attack was sudden.
As is evident from the poll, families of 84% of respondents have or had relatives, who took part in the Great Patriotic War. The same query elicited a negative response from 16% of those polled.
Sixty-four percent said some or other relative of theirs perished in the war (at the front, in captivity, in punitive round-ups, during bombing raids, the blockade, etc.). Thirty percent said their families had relatives missing in action; 70% replied they had none.
Against that background, the overwhelming majority of Russians (86%) said they did not feel hatred for the inhabitants of countries, which were the USSR\'s adversaries in the war; 12% claimed they had the opposite feeling.
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