The Stalin School of Falsification
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| Author | Leon Trotsky |
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| Language | Russian |
Publication date | 1932 |
| OCLC | 749088834 |
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The Stalin School of Falsification (Russian: Сталинская школа фальсификаций, romanized: Stalinskaya shkola falsifikatsy) is a 1932 book by Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Written after Trotsky's expulsion from the Soviet Union, the book contains a detailed account of how historians chosen by Joseph Stalin rewrote revolutionary history.[1] A well-known example from the book concerns the revolutionary contributions by Trotsky himself about which Stalin had written glowingly in 1918, but whose special value he denied by 1924.[2][3]
Publication history
The book was initially published in Russian at Berlin in 1932.[4] A translation in English by Max Shachtman was published in 1937 by Pioneer Publishers.[5] In 1974, New Park in London published another edition.[6]
References
- ^ Dawsey, Jason (12 September 2018). "Trotsky's Struggle against Stalin". The National WWII Museum. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ North, David (2010). In Defense of Leon Trotsky. Mehring Books. pp. vii, 44. ISBN 9781893638051.
- ^ White, James D. (1985). "Early Soviet Historical Interpretations of the Russian Revolution 1918-24". Soviet Studies. 37 (3): 330–52. doi:10.1080/09668138508411589. JSTOR 151022.
- ^ Deutscher, Isaac (2003). The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky 1929-1940. Verso. p. 472. ISBN 978-1-85984-451-9.
- ^ "Leon Trotsky: The Stalin School of Falsification (1937)".
- ^ "Publications Received". The Slavonic and East European Review. 52 (128): 479–80. 1974. JSTOR 4206939.