TY - JOUR
TI - The USSR’s Politics of History toward the Slavic Countries of the Eastern Bloc: Formal and Institutional Frameworks. 1945–1989
AU - Szumski, Jan
TI - The USSR’s Politics of History toward the Slavic Countries of the Eastern Bloc: Formal and Institutional Frameworks. 1945–1989
AB - The article focuses on the problems of Soviet ‘politics of history’ in the Eastern Bloc in 1945–1989 by the example of selected Slavic countries: Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. The implementation of the Soviet system of political control over history proceeded extremely reluctantly and with varying intensity depending on the historical period and particular country. The scope and degree of interference into the affairs of local disciplines of history in above-mentioned countries changed with the political situation and new tendencies in social and political life. Actions aimed at the history of Slavic countries were sanctioned by the CPSU and implemented in accordance with the interests of the State and the Communist Party of the USSR. Kremlin inspired and subsequently oversaw the realization of joint academic projects, provided guidelines on how to research and interpret historic events, thus constituting a significant element of its ‘politics of history’.
VL - 2019
IS - Volume 64, Issue 4
PY - 2019
SN - 0023-589X
C1 - 2657-4020
SP - 61
EP - 81
DO - 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.19.031.11039
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/the-ussrs-politics-of-history-toward-the-slavic-countries-of-the-eastern-bloc-formal-and-institutional-frameworks-1945-1989
KW - USSR
KW - Politics of History
KW - Eastern Bloc
KW - Slavic Countries
KW - Poland
KW - Czechoslovakia
KW - Bulgaria