Recenzja książki Witalija Tichonowa o historii w stalinowskim ZSRS
Review of Vitaly Tikhonov’s Book on History in Stalinist USSR

Summary/Abstract: This article is a review of Russian historian Vitaly Tikhonov’s 2024 book onSoviet historiography during the Stalinist era in the USSR. The author of this publicationanalysed the role that history played in the Stalinist political system. Joseph Stalin usedhistory to maintain his own legitimacy, build the state system and administration, justifyterritorial expansion and the annexation of territories from neighbouring countries, socialand patriotic mobilisation, and especially to interfere in the professional and private livesof individuals.

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