Originally Posted by
FUMR
I don't think that any survey of the Russian people will yield a true indication. I'd say that a high percentage are too frightened to voice their honest opinion!
Indeed. In a country where it's illegal to say that WW2 started in 1939 it's easy to get on the wrong side of the law.
Kremlin approved history marks the start of the 'Great Patriotic War' as being June 1941, when Hitler broke his pact with Stalin.