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] ], the young man strolling with ] to his left, was shot in 1940. He was edited out from a photo by Soviet censors.<ref> (The Newseum)</ref>]] ] ], the young man strolling with ] to his left, was shot in 1940. He was edited out from a photo by Soviet censors.<ref> (The Newseum)</ref>]]


'''Soviet historiography''' is a ] written by ] scholars. In ], the state-approved history was openly subjected to ] and ] (see also ]). These trends have been brilliantly analysed by ] in his classic work, ] (see also ]). '''Soviet historiography''' is a ] written by ] scholars. In ], the state-approved history was openly subjected to ] and ] (see also ]). Many works of Western historians were forbidden or censored, many areas of history were also forbidden for research as officially they never happened.


As until 1989 the Soviet leadership and historians, unlike their Western colleagues, had denied the existence of a secret protocol to the Soviet-German ] of 1939, the Soviet approach to the study of the ] and the origins of ] used to be remarkably flawed.<ref>Bidlack, Richard (1990). . '']'' 49 (4), 653-654.</ref> For example, until 1989 the Soviet leadership and historians, unlike their Western colleagues, had denied the existence of a secret protocol to the Soviet-German ] of 1939, and as a result the Soviet approach to the study of the ] and the origins of ] used to be remarkably flawed.<ref>Bidlack, Richard (1990). . '']'' 49 (4), 653-654.</ref>


Translations of foreign historiography were often produced in a truncated form, accompanied with extensive corrective footnotes. E.g. in the Russian ] translation of ]'s ''History of the Second World War'' ], secret protocol to the], many details of the ], ], ], Allied assistance to the Soviet Union during the war, many other Western Alles' efforts, the Soviet leadership's mistakes and failures, criticism of the Soviet Union and other content were ].<ref>Lewis, B. E. (1977). . '']'' 29 (4), 603-606.</ref> Translations of foreign historiography were often produced in a truncated form, accompanied with extensive corrective footnotes. E.g. in the Russian ] translation of ]'s ''History of the Second World War'' ], secret protocol to the], many details of the ], ], ], Allied assistance to the Soviet Union during the war, many other Western Alles' efforts, the Soviet leadership's mistakes and failures, criticism of the Soviet Union and other content were ].<ref>Lewis, B. E. (1977). . '']'' 29 (4), 603-606.</ref>

These trends have been most famously portrayed by ] in his classic work, ] (see also ]).


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The book The Commissar Vanishes by David King discusses falsification of historic photos in Soviet Union in depth, with numerous examples. Some of them can be seen on this cover.
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Before 1940
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After: People's Commissar for the Interior Nikolai Yezhov, the young man strolling with Stalin to his left, was shot in 1940. He was edited out from a photo by Soviet censors.

Soviet historiography is a historiography written by Soviet scholars. In Soviet Union, the state-approved history was openly subjected to politics and propaganda (see also agitprop). Many works of Western historians were forbidden or censored, many areas of history were also forbidden for research as officially they never happened.

For example, until 1989 the Soviet leadership and historians, unlike their Western colleagues, had denied the existence of a secret protocol to the Soviet-German Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, and as a result the Soviet approach to the study of the Soviet-German relations before 1941 and the origins of World War II used to be remarkably flawed.

Translations of foreign historiography were often produced in a truncated form, accompanied with extensive corrective footnotes. E.g. in the Russian 1976 translation of Basil Liddell Hart's History of the Second World War pre-war purges of Red Army officers, secret protocol to theMolotov-Ribbentrop Pact, many details of the Winter War, occupation of Baltic states, Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Allied assistance to the Soviet Union during the war, many other Western Alles' efforts, the Soviet leadership's mistakes and failures, criticism of the Soviet Union and other content were censored out.

These trends have been most famously portrayed by George Orwell in his classic work, Nineteen Eighty-Four (see also Ministry of Truth).

References

  1. The Commissar vanishes (The Newseum)
  2. Bidlack, Richard (1990). Review of Voprosy istorii i istoriografii Velikoi otechestvennoi voiny by I. A. Rosenko, G. L. Sovolev. Slavic Review 49 (4), 653-654.
  3. Lewis, B. E. (1977). Soviet Taboo. Review of Vtoraya Mirovaya Voina, History of the Second World War by B. Liddel Gart (Russian translation). Soviet Studies 29 (4), 603-606.

See also

Sources and further reading

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