Renaming stations: "M. Gorbachev"

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Psycho Romeo

Psycho Romeo
To put it bluntly, I think you'll all live and need to get over yourselves instead of perpetuating the negative association.
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You don't need to forget history to let go of that negativity.
 

Vomag

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Thank you to all who have expressed their support and sympathy.
I will say to those who defend Gorbachev and his works: you just do not know the truth, do not need to be ironic, Russian people know their heroes and outstanding people, it is better not to call Russian names objects in the game than to call them names of traitors Russia.
 

Hell Razor5543

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If I were allowed to change the name of the station, I would suggest that Sergei Korolev would be a better choice. He was the man who helped Russia get into space, despite all that he went through, both in his prior life and during the Space Race.
 

Stupid_hippy

Stupid_hippy
I think Gagarin station would be much more appropriate.. or even though she never did,maybe Laika landing?

Can't see these names ever being changed though,purely because of Elite history. Although,it would be easy enough to run some sort of grand renaming CG and get us delivering beer and dog food for the party. :)
 

Zieman

Zieman
Vomag said:
Thank you to all who have expressed their support and sympathy.
I will say to those who defend Gorbachev and his works: you just do not know the truth, do not need to be ironic, Russian people know their heroes and outstanding people, it is better not to call Russian names objects in the game than to call them names of traitors Russia.
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I think you're being a bit too emotional here, and your opinion may be a bit couloured by the current regime.

What I remember (and have also read) about the happenings around the late '80s & early '90s, makes me think that Gorbatchev tried to reform Soviet Union, but he had too much opposiotion from the old regime, and then it all got out of hand - too much, too quickly (but too late). If he had had the support of others vying for power in SU at that time and succeeded, the result may have been similar to what has happened in China during last 15 years.

What you have now in Russia isn't what M. G. wanted to happen, but it its still much better than the reign of terror that invaded Hungary 1956 & Czechoslovakia 1968.
 

Vomag

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Zieman said:
I think you're being a bit too emotional here, and your opinion may be a bit couloured by the current regime.

What I remember (and have also read) about the happenings around the late '80s & early '90s, makes me think that Gorbatchev tried to reform Soviet Union, but he had too much opposiotion from the old regime, and then it all got out of hand - too much, too quickly (but too late). If he had had the support of others vying for power in SU at that time and succeeded, the result may have been similar to what has happened in China during last 15 years.

What you have now in Russia isn't what M. G. wanted to happen, but it its still much better than the reign of terror that invaded Hungary 1956 & Czechoslovakia 1968.
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Closure of factories and plants, the destruction of the industry, retention and destruction of products in warehouses to create shortages and hunger, it was a lobby that would give way to import. And it is your right reform? What are you telling me? I've seen it all !, and you drew the information from?
 
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Andromalius

Andromalius
In soviet russia, you wouldn't have a computer. :p
My russian colleagues wouldn't have had the right to emigrate, either.

I'm old enough to have known the cold war era, and Gorbachov was a engineer of change in what was an otherwise completely frozen and derelict country.
That the situation now is not ideal is something I can readily accept, but Gorbachov is a very important historical figure (and current politics or economics results in Russia don't have anything to do with him). Same as naming a station Genghis Khan, I guess some of his millions of victims would object.
 
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Janichsan

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Vomag said:
Closure of factories and plants, the destruction of the industry, retention and destruction of products in warehouses to create shortages and hunger, it was a lobby that would give way to import.
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You mean all the things caused by the reforms by Boris Yeltsin? Which Gorbachev heavily criticised?
 
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