Acting Chief Researcher of the Department of History of Ukraine in the 1920s-30s of the 20th century at the Institute of History of Ukraine of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Historical Sciences Stanislav Kulchytsky in his essay for the online publication "Historical Truth" presents his own opinion on why the Kremlin leadership made a breathtaking leap from a leading role in the collapse of the Soviet Union to attempts to restore control over the allied, and since 1991 – independent republics, as well as over the territory of the former "socialist camp" in Central and Eastern Europe.
The scholar emphasizes the so-called "socialist construction" in the Soviet Union, because, in his opinion, the revival of totalitarianism in modern Russia in the form of newly emerged rashism occurred thanks to the consolidation of the remnants of the system of power and property that was born in the mind of Vladimir Lenin, was implemented by him and his successor Joseph Stalin, and then collapsed as a result of the constitutional reform of 1988 carried out by Mikhail Gorbachev. Stanislav Kulchytsky also touches on the issues of the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932–1933, the boundless terrorism and paternalism of the Soviet authorities, Lenin's system of power and property, as well as the phenomenon of the state-society.
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Source: online publication "Historical Truth"