Great post Roman! Thanks for doing it so comprehensively. Every other year, it was me who was putting up the anniversary here. I'm glad I have a reliable successeor. But the main reason was that my PC got f***ed up...
I was getting through the anniversary very extensively this year, I had watched the special programs on the Czech TV and studied books and articles that were written about this theme.
Brother of my mother-in-law was one among those several hundred victims that the Russians left behind when they had entered this country...
The more I was digusţed, when I attended a "performance" (I don't know how to describe this better!) in front of the
National Museum in Prague (situated on Prague's main boulevard, it was mistaken for a Czechoslovakian Parliament by the Soviets, hence they opened fire on it). So, there was a Russian T-54 type tank installed, with its gun pointed at the museum building, with five guys sitting on it, dressed like Soviet soldiers. Czech! people walking around were placing their own kids on the tank and were taking photos of them, smiling, like it would be some ****ing attraction or something...
But I was really waken up from the letargy when I saw some Russian tourists, being photographed in front of the tank by their fellow and posing very
victoriously. From an angle so the Prague Castle could be seen on the picture...
Well, Cold War II has just started.