Communism interests me, especially how it lead to such great

>>2941234
Kys before you continue

>>2941245
I will read about it anyways.
I absorbed a lot about Nazis so now its the commies turn.

>>2941234
>I'd like to know about how it developed and spread to become such a huge thing in eastern europe.
Besides the USSR, Yugoslavia, Albania and East Germany the communist movements weren't really organic.

Gulag Archipelago

>>2941262
I wanted to read Solzhenitsyn at some point, I just dont know if its a good starting point.
Is it merely about his experiences in a gulag or does it extend past that?

>>2941269

>Is it merely about his experiences in a gulag or does it extend past that?

Yes, he attempts to reconcile how belief in communist ideology lead to its disastrous consequences

>>2941275
Well then I have something to read now.
Thanks.

Black Book of Communism

It trigger commies, because it's accurate and well-sourced. Specially, it uses sources that were open during the 1990s but are unavailable now, so we will probably never get a better source for the crimes of Soviet communism, unless Putin falls and the next regime finally opens the NKVD/KGB archives.

>>2941329
That looks great, thank you.

>>2941329
>Specially, it uses sources that were open during the 1990s but are unavailable now
Which sources?

>>2941234
>I want to read up on it but I dont know where to start.

Assuming this isnt just bait Marxism came to Russia in the 1880s and the first prominent group was plekhanov's Emancipation Of Labour. If you actually want to learn about communism in eastern europe before the spread of Marxism read up on the narodniks

>>2941364
Parts of the Russian Presidential Archives that were opened during the Yeltsin era.

Most remain closed, though.