Contemporary History in the Soviet Mirror

John Keep

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Routledge
26 November 2024

History: theory & methods; European history; Political ideologies

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society

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.

Edited by: John Keep
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032871745
ISBN 10: 1032871741
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 26 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.