Useful past. History in the Stalinist USSR

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Useful past. History in the Stalinist USSR

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Control over the past in Stalin's time was one of the most important ways to manipulate public consciousness and mobilize the masses. Using historical allegories as an ideological tool, propaganda used them to explain the current political situation to the viewer or reader and create the so-called useful past - an inexhaustible resource for maintaining the power of the leader. Vitaly Tikhonov's book explores the complex relationship that developed between the Stalinist regime and historical science. The author talks about how Stalin read historical works, perceived history and intervened in the production of scientific knowledge, as well as the role of historical anniversaries and the cult of historical heroes in ideology. Significant attention in the work is also paid to professional scientists who found themselves hostages of the era - their place and role in historical politics. The book is intended to answer the questions of how this unique “historiographic vertical of power” was structured and how ideological campaigns and discussions changed the conceptual appearance of Soviet historical science. Vitaly Tikhonov is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, a leading researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a specialist in the social history of science, institutional history and the history of historical science of the XNUMXth century.

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Publication language: Russian

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