Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11973
ZUR GESCHICHTE DER GEESCHICHTE DER KPDSU
In: Osteuropa, Band 23, Heft 6, S. 430-441
ISSN: 0030-6428
DISCUSSES THE VARIOUS OFFICIAL HISTORIES OF THE SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY WRITTEN DURING AND AFTER THE RULE OF STALIN. ARGUES THAT EACH REVISION WAS DONE IN THE INTEREST OF THE LEADERSHIP RULING AT THAT MOMENT. REVIEWS THE TREATMENT ACCORDED THE STALINIST PERIOD AND THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT IN THE 1972 REVISION. ASSESSES CRITICISMS LEVELED AT THIS EDITION BY THE ITALIAN AND SPANISH COMMUNIET PARTIES.