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Contemporary History in the Soviet Mirror (Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society) - Softcover

 
9781032872155: Contemporary History in the Soviet Mirror (Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society)
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ISBN 10: 1032872152 ISBN 13: 9781032872155
Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

Contemporary History in the Soviet Mirror (1964) is devoted to a critical examination of Soviet writings on contemporary history. The demands of the Communist Party, striving following the death of Stalin to replace the old myths with new ones, encountered the opposition of individual historians. The needs of the ‘ideological front’ clashed with their professional conscience about historical facts. Yet the Party’s claim to be the infallible interpreter of historical truth would be undermined if its authority about the past could be challenged; now, as before, ‘he who controls the past controls the present.’ In Krushchev’s Russia, however, it was not only the image of the past, but the degree of control over it which was modified.

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About the Author

John Keep taught Russian history at the University of London before being appointed professor of Russian history at the University of Toronto.
The authors of these essays include several distinguished specialists in Soviet affairs.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032872152
ISBN 13 
9781032872155
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
332
Editor
Keep John