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Revision as of 16:39, 2 April 2007 by Coolhunter (talk | contribs) (cleanup)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Neo-Stalinism is a term used to describe historical revisionism in favor of Stalinism and/or Joseph Stalin. In the Marxist-Leninist movement, neo-Stalinism is associated with anti-revisionists.
Soviet Union / Russia
In February 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced the cult of personality that surrounded his predecessor, Joseph Stalin, and condemned crimes committed during the Great Purge.
In October 1964, Khrushchev was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev, who remained in office until his death in November 1982. During his reign, the truth about Stalinism was suppressed, leading to the exile of many dissidents, most notably Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
Mikhail Gorbachev took over in March 1985. He introduced the policy of glasnost (openness) in public discussions – in order to liberalize the Soviet system. The full scale of Stalinist repressions was soon revealed, and the Soviet Union fell apart.
In December 1999, Vladimir Putin became the acting President of Russian Federation. Under Putin, Russian textbooks are once again filled with the neo-Stalinist version of history as the rehabilitation of Stalin is taking place.
External links
- Russian history in the classroom
- Neo-Stalinism, a blog tracking the rise of neo-Stalinism
- The speech Russia wants to forget BBC News, 2006
- Stalin's Return Time Magazine, 1970
- The rehabilitation of Stalin – an ideological cornerstone of the new Kremlin politics World Socialist Web Site, 2000
- Russian historians denounce re-Stalinization Eurasia Daily Monitor, 2005