Soviet Historians and Perestroika: The First Phase e-bog

The Soviet historical profession is in ferment. For decades it was relegated to the task of obfuscating the past, gilding the status quo and papering over the "e;blank spots"e; in Soviet history - events that defied even the most brazen attempts at falsification. Today it is engaged in an often painful process of self-examination. Initially rather timid, the internal discussion was soon propelled by external events - the scuttling of history textbooks, official disclosures of formerly "e;classified"e; facts and the explosion of candour in the depictions of the past in memoirs, journalistic writing and fiction. This volume gives voice to the lead actors in the "e;first phase"e; of this process - the senior historians, their journalistic "e;challengers"e; and those charged with responsiblity for the institutions of research, training and publication in the field of history.