| Revision as of 01:07, 14 July 2007 editFkriuk (talk | contribs)35 edits no criticism for inaccuracies is apparent. both reviewers condemn Meltiukhov's ideological position, but neither bothers to demonstrate where Meltiukhov is inaccurate when it comes to facts← Previous edit | Revision as of 10:18, 14 July 2007 edit undoPiotrus (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Event coordinators, Extended confirmed users, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers286,053 edits they criticize him for inaccuarcies, too, particulary NowakNext edit → | ||
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| In 1995, he defended the dissertation “Contemporary Historiography on Pre-history of the ]”<ref>''Современнная отечественнная историографии предистории Великой Отечественнной войны (1985-1995)''. Дисссертация. Москва, 1995</ref> on ] concerning the beginning of ]. Since then, he has published several studies, many of which are notable for the critical review of the official ] conceptions of World War II. Some important works in this direction are ''On the Verge of the Great Patriotic War: the Debate Goes on''<ref>''Канун Великой Отечественнной войны: дискуссия продолжается''. Москва, 1995 </ref> and '']''<ref>''Упущенный шанс Сталина. Советский Союз и борьба за Европу: 1939-1941 (Документы, факты, суждения)''. - М.: Вече, 2000 ISBN 5-7838-0590-4</ref><ref>М. И. Мельтюхов ''Упущенный шанс Сталина: Советский Союз и борьба за Европу 1939-1941 гг. : Документы, факты, суждения.'' Изд. 2-е, испр. , доп. ISBN 5-7838-1196-3 (second edition)</ref>. | In 1995, he defended the dissertation “Contemporary Historiography on Pre-history of the ]”<ref>''Современнная отечественнная историографии предистории Великой Отечественнной войны (1985-1995)''. Дисссертация. Москва, 1995</ref> on ] concerning the beginning of ]. Since then, he has published several studies, many of which are notable for the critical review of the official ] conceptions of World War II. Some important works in this direction are ''On the Verge of the Great Patriotic War: the Debate Goes on''<ref>''Канун Великой Отечественнной войны: дискуссия продолжается''. Москва, 1995 </ref> and '']''<ref>''Упущенный шанс Сталина. Советский Союз и борьба за Европу: 1939-1941 (Документы, факты, суждения)''. - М.: Вече, 2000 ISBN 5-7838-0590-4</ref><ref>М. И. Мельтюхов ''Упущенный шанс Сталина: Советский Союз и борьба за Европу 1939-1941 гг. : Документы, факты, суждения.'' Изд. 2-е, испр. , доп. ISBN 5-7838-1196-3 (second edition)</ref>. | ||
| His ''Soviet-Polish Wars: Military and Political Confrontation in 1918-1939'' was strongly criticized for bias by ] from ]<ref name="PCh>], '''', InterMarium Volume 5 (2002), p.18 <br> ''"Russian historians were unable to take a united stand against those who claim that “nothing wrong happened in Katyn.” Some historical publications have appeared in this context, such as a book by Mikhail Meltyukhov called Soviet-Polish Wars: Military and Political Confrontation in 1918-1939.42." "This point of view can be used to justify the execution of the Polish officers in 1940." "But can this point of view be considered correct if it is so close to Stalinist and neoimperial concepts?"''</ref> and ] of ] and Institute of History, ].<ref name="ANow">], ''History as an Apology of Totalitarianism'', p.9, conference paper at ''Soviet Totalitarianism in Ukraine: History and Legacy'', Kyiv, September 2–6, 2005 <br> ''"It would be possible to indicate various examples of more subtle apologias for the Empire, linked with the rejection of all arguments for its victims or critics. Examples which dress themselves in the trappings of the most academic monograph. A more brutal example of the same tendency is expressed in the book by the professional historian from Moscow, Mikhail Meltyukhov, dedicated to the Polish-Soviet conflicts of the twentieth century. These conflicts are, for him, fragments of eternal Western aggression against Russia. When Russia (in this case, Soviet Russia) comes into conflict it is only to take what is rightfully hers. Stalin appears as a genial successor to Catherine II. The Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the involvement of the USSR in the attack on Poland in September 1939 are presented as purely defensive postures, underlining the primacy of Russian raison d’etat. This posture represented not only Stalin’s profound realism but also historical justice and even – argues Meltyukhov – humanitarianism. In this context the mass deportations of more than half a million people from the territory occupied by the Red Army in September 1939 to camps in the depths of the Soviet Union is presented as a “peacekeeping mission” which prevented the murder of those Poles deported to Siberia by protecting them from the Ukrainians panting with thirst for revenge...".'' Please also note the footnote: ''"M. Meltyukhov, Sovetsko-polskie voiny. Voienno-politicheskoe protivostoianie 1918-1939 gg., Moskva 2001 – compare my comprehensive review concentrating on the shocking falsehoods in this book – in: A. Nowak, Od imperium do imperium. Spojrzenia na historię Europy Wschodniej, Kraków 2004, p. 258-271."''</ref> | His ''Soviet-Polish Wars: Military and Political Confrontation in 1918-1939'' was strongly criticized for bias and inaccuracies by ] from ]<ref name="PCh>], '''', InterMarium Volume 5 (2002), p.18 <br> ''"Russian historians were unable to take a united stand against those who claim that “nothing wrong happened in Katyn.” Some historical publications have appeared in this context, such as a book by Mikhail Meltyukhov called Soviet-Polish Wars: Military and Political Confrontation in 1918-1939.42." "This point of view can be used to justify the execution of the Polish officers in 1940." "But can this point of view be considered correct if it is so close to Stalinist and neoimperial concepts?"''</ref> and ] of ] and Institute of History, ].<ref name="ANow">], ''History as an Apology of Totalitarianism'', p.9, conference paper at ''Soviet Totalitarianism in Ukraine: History and Legacy'', Kyiv, September 2–6, 2005 <br> ''"It would be possible to indicate various examples of more subtle apologias for the Empire, linked with the rejection of all arguments for its victims or critics. Examples which dress themselves in the trappings of the most academic monograph. A more brutal example of the same tendency is expressed in the book by the professional historian from Moscow, Mikhail Meltyukhov, dedicated to the Polish-Soviet conflicts of the twentieth century. These conflicts are, for him, fragments of eternal Western aggression against Russia. When Russia (in this case, Soviet Russia) comes into conflict it is only to take what is rightfully hers. Stalin appears as a genial successor to Catherine II. The Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the involvement of the USSR in the attack on Poland in September 1939 are presented as purely defensive postures, underlining the primacy of Russian raison d’etat. This posture represented not only Stalin’s profound realism but also historical justice and even – argues Meltyukhov – humanitarianism. In this context the mass deportations of more than half a million people from the territory occupied by the Red Army in September 1939 to camps in the depths of the Soviet Union is presented as a “peacekeeping mission” which prevented the murder of those Poles deported to Siberia by protecting them from the Ukrainians panting with thirst for revenge...".'' Please also note the footnote: ''"M. Meltyukhov, Sovetsko-polskie voiny. Voienno-politicheskoe protivostoianie 1918-1939 gg., Moskva 2001 – compare my comprehensive review concentrating on the shocking falsehoods in this book – in: A. Nowak, Od imperium do imperium. Spojrzenia na historię Europy Wschodniej, Kraków 2004, p. 258-271."''</ref> | ||
| In his latest work, ''Stalin's Liberation Campaign'',<ref>М. И. Мельтюхов ''Освободительный поход Сталина.'' Яуза, Эксмо, 2006. ISBN 5-699-17275-0</ref> using newly declassified documents, he deals with ]'s attempts to re-gain 'lost territories' of the Russian empire, for example, ]. He presents a hypothesis that precisely at the time of ] did ] make the decision to invade the Soviet Union. | In his latest work, ''Stalin's Liberation Campaign'',<ref>М. И. Мельтюхов ''Освободительный поход Сталина.'' Яуза, Эксмо, 2006. ISBN 5-699-17275-0</ref> using newly declassified documents, he deals with ]'s attempts to re-gain 'lost territories' of the Russian empire, for example, ]. He presents a hypothesis that precisely at the time of ] did ] make the decision to invade the Soviet Union. | ||
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Mikhail Ivanovich Meltiukhov (also spelled Meltyukhov or Mel'tiuhov, Template:Lang-ru: Михаил Иванович Мельтюхов IPA: [mixʌ'il i'vʌnəviʨ mʲil'tʲuxəf]) is a Russian military historian. Currently he is working at the Russian Institute of Documents and Historical Records Research.
Works
In 1995, he defended the dissertation “Contemporary Historiography on Pre-history of the Great Patriotic War” on historiography concerning the beginning of World War II. Since then, he has published several studies, many of which are notable for the critical review of the official Soviet conceptions of World War II. Some important works in this direction are On the Verge of the Great Patriotic War: the Debate Goes on and Stalin's Missed Chance.
His Soviet-Polish Wars: Military and Political Confrontation in 1918-1939 was strongly criticized for bias and inaccuracies by Peter Cheremushkin from Moscow State University and Andrzej Nowak of Jagiellonian University and Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences.
In his latest work, Stalin's Liberation Campaign, using newly declassified documents, he deals with Joseph Stalin's attempts to re-gain 'lost territories' of the Russian empire, for example, Bessarabia. He presents a hypothesis that precisely at the time of Soviet occupation of Bessarabia did Adolf Hitler make the decision to invade the Soviet Union.
Meltyukhov also contributed to a recently published collection of articles on Viktor Suvorov's thesis. Meltyukhov supported some ideas of Suvorov in general but criticized him for inaccuracies.
An English version of some of his work has been published as "Disputes over 1941" by M I Mel'tiukhov in the series Russian studies in history. 36, no. 2, (1997) Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., ISSN 1061-1983. OCLC 89401509.
References
- Современнная отечественнная историографии предистории Великой Отечественнной войны (1985-1995). Дисссертация. Москва, 1995
- Канун Великой Отечественнной войны: дискуссия продолжается. Москва, 1995
- Упущенный шанс Сталина. Советский Союз и борьба за Европу: 1939-1941 (Документы, факты, суждения). - М.: Вече, 2000 ISBN 5-7838-0590-4
- М. И. Мельтюхов Упущенный шанс Сталина: Советский Союз и борьба за Европу 1939-1941 гг. : Документы, факты, суждения. Изд. 2-е, испр. , доп. ISBN 5-7838-1196-3 (second edition)
- Peter Cheremushkin, Russian-Polish Relations: A Long Way From Stereotypes to Reconciliation, InterMarium Volume 5 (2002), p.18
"Russian historians were unable to take a united stand against those who claim that “nothing wrong happened in Katyn.” Some historical publications have appeared in this context, such as a book by Mikhail Meltyukhov called Soviet-Polish Wars: Military and Political Confrontation in 1918-1939.42." "This point of view can be used to justify the execution of the Polish officers in 1940." "But can this point of view be considered correct if it is so close to Stalinist and neoimperial concepts?" - Andrzej Nowak, History as an Apology of Totalitarianism, p.9, conference paper at Soviet Totalitarianism in Ukraine: History and Legacy, Kyiv, September 2–6, 2005
"It would be possible to indicate various examples of more subtle apologias for the Empire, linked with the rejection of all arguments for its victims or critics. Examples which dress themselves in the trappings of the most academic monograph. A more brutal example of the same tendency is expressed in the book by the professional historian from Moscow, Mikhail Meltyukhov, dedicated to the Polish-Soviet conflicts of the twentieth century. These conflicts are, for him, fragments of eternal Western aggression against Russia. When Russia (in this case, Soviet Russia) comes into conflict it is only to take what is rightfully hers. Stalin appears as a genial successor to Catherine II. The Ribbentrop-Molotov pact and the involvement of the USSR in the attack on Poland in September 1939 are presented as purely defensive postures, underlining the primacy of Russian raison d’etat. This posture represented not only Stalin’s profound realism but also historical justice and even – argues Meltyukhov – humanitarianism. In this context the mass deportations of more than half a million people from the territory occupied by the Red Army in September 1939 to camps in the depths of the Soviet Union is presented as a “peacekeeping mission” which prevented the murder of those Poles deported to Siberia by protecting them from the Ukrainians panting with thirst for revenge...". Please also note the footnote: "M. Meltyukhov, Sovetsko-polskie voiny. Voienno-politicheskoe protivostoianie 1918-1939 gg., Moskva 2001 – compare my comprehensive review concentrating on the shocking falsehoods in this book – in: A. Nowak, Od imperium do imperium. Spojrzenia na historię Europy Wschodniej, Kraków 2004, p. 258-271." - М. И. Мельтюхов Освободительный поход Сталина. Яуза, Эксмо, 2006. ISBN 5-699-17275-0
- Преддверие Великой Отечественной войны 1939-1941 гг.: становление великой державы. in: Правда Виктора Суворова. Переписывая историю Второй Мировой. Яуза, 2006 c. 31-108. ISBN 5-87849-214-8
- М. И. Мельтюхов, Д. М. Проэктор Блицкриг в Европе, 1939 - 1941. Польша. АСТ, Terra Fantastica, 2004. ISBN 5-17-018623-1, 5-7921-0416-6
External links
- Electronic version of “Stalin's Missed Chance” (in Russian)
- Мельтюхов, Михаил Иванович (Mikhail Mel'tiuhov) (2001). Советско-польские войны. Военно-политическое противостояние 1918—1939 гг. (Soviet-Polish Wars. Politico-Military standoff of 1918-1939). Moscow: Вече (Veche). ISBN 5-699-07637-9. (in Russian).
- A list of publications by Meltyukhov, at ozon.ru
- Template:Ru icon Interview with Mikhail Meltyukhov and Victor Suvorov, Radio Free Europe December 3, 2002
- Template:Ru icon Criticism of Meltyukhov's work
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