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USSR tried to hide all the "gory" details of WW2.

For example, Babiy Yar (a place in Kiev where Germans killed tens of thousands) was a garbage dump until 1970-s.

Or (which is ironic, given their "Nothing is forgotten, nobody is forgotten" motto) - they didn't search for the fallen soldiers. Probably because they feared that there will be too many Soviet medallions compared to Germa ones...

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The Nazis concealed and eliminated any traces of Babiy Yar before retreating, there was nothing there at all already.

What do you mean "cover up"? The Soviet Union as a nation suffered some of the greatest numbers of causulties in WWII at the hands of the Nazis by far. What are you talking about with regards to "medallions"? Are you even aware of who fought against and defeated Nazi Germany?

> The Nazis concealed and eliminated any traces of Babiy Yar before retreating, there was nothing there at all already.

Please brush your history knowledge. Pretty please.

This isn't controversial? We know this based on the testimonies of the Jewish survivors they forced to do it.

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