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Allied roles in the victory over Nazi Germany

CCHS — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:36:27 +0000

There is no doubt that the Soviet Union under Stalin played the major role in the destruction of Nazi Germany. Questions remain, however, over the contribution of the Anglo-Americans, especially in ensuring supply of arms and materials (e.g. […]

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Book. Stalin: the history and critique of a black legend, by Dominico Losurdo

CCHS — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:18:13 +0000

English version translated from the Portuguese and Spanish versions, not from the original Italian, by David Ferreira in 2020

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Why didn’t Russia and Ukraine properly resolve their border issues in 1991?

CCHS — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:55:17 +0000

Essay by Alexander Nepogodin, Odessa-born political journalist, expert on Russia and the USSR. Gorbachev advisor, Georgy Shakhnazarov (October 1991): “If Ukraine announces its withdrawal from the [Soviet] Union, Crimea will secede from Ukraine and become a part of […]

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The ‘Holodomor’ Myth

CCHS — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 21:37:01 +0000

“There was a very serious famine in the USSR, including (but not limited to) the Ukrainian SSR, in 1932-33. But there has never been any evidence of a “Holodomor” or “deliberate famine” “ by Grover Furr. Full article […]

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The “Holodomor” and the Film “Bitter Harvest” are Fascist Lies

CCHS — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:14:26 +0000

by Grover Furr, first published in 2017 here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/03/the-holodomor-and-the-film-bitter-harvest-are-fascist-lies/ Author’s note: In this article I rely heavily on the evidence cited in the research of Mark Tauger of West Virginia University. Tauger has spent his professional life studying […]

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The foundation of historical revisionism in the 20th century and its continuation in 21st century

CCHS — Sun, 08 May 2022 22:33:10 +0000

By Costas Isychos, original version in Russian here: https://expert.ru/expert/2020/18/istoricheskij-revizionizm-v-xx-i-xxi-vekah/ “Historical revision unfortunately started on the first day the second world war ended. Itwas not a “freak of nature” but a constant strategy utilizing, devising and using a largenumber […]

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Will China Suffer the same fate as the Soviet Union?

CCHS — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:13:30 +0000

By Carlos Martinez, journal article from World Review of Political Economy, Vol 11 No 2, Summer 2020. JStor link here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.11.2.0189#metadata_info_tab_contents

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Grover Furr’s Mystery of the Katyn Massacre

CCHS — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:09:54 +0000

Cold war propaganda sought to blame a Nazi massacre of Polish officers on the USSR. Grover Furr examines the evidence. Review below, original post here: https://thecommunists.org/2018/12/15/news/history/book-grover-furrs-mystery-of-the-katyn-massacre/ Grover Furr, The Mystery of the Katyn Massacre: The Evidence, the SolutionErythros […]

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The “Holodomor” and the Film “Bitter Harvest” are Fascist Lies, by Grover Furr

CCHS — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:04:26 +0000

Full text below, and the article posted at Counter Punch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/03/the-holodomor-and-the-film-bitter-harvest-are-fascist-lies/print/ (Author’s note: In this article I rely heavily on the evidence cited in the research of Mark Tauger of West Virginia University. Tauger has spent his professional […]

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Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II

CCHS — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:00:15 +0000

The Russian President addresses western historical revisionism over WW2. Full PDF below, one of the online posts here: https://nationalinterest.org/print/feature/vladimir-putin-real-lessons-75th-anniversary-world-war-ii-162982

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