The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New Evidence

The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New Evidence

The article discusses the impact on Western scholarship of the opening of secret police archives in Ukraine since the 1990s. The extent of the phenomenon known as the “archi­val revolution” is surveyed, with special attention to the Stalin period. The archives have answered some old questions concer...

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Main Author: Myroslav Shkandrij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy 2014-07-01
Series:Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal
Subjects:
stalin
archival revolution
western scholarship
ukraine
Online Access:http://kmhj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/25720
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spelling doaj-8c9eacf306294f3f99b0fc1527453e202021-06-24T08:20:18ZengNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyKyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal2313-48952014-07-011189204https://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj25720.2014-1.189-204The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New EvidenceMyroslav Shkandrij0University of Manitoba, Department of German and Slavic StudiesThe article discusses the impact on Western scholarship of the opening of secret police archives in Ukraine since the 1990s. The extent of the phenomenon known as the “archi­val revolution” is surveyed, with special attention to the Stalin period. The archives have answered some old questions concerning the way Stalin exercised power, organized show trials, and forced people to admit to crimes they did not commit. Archival revela­tions have also stimulated Western researchers to consider new ways of interpreting the Soviet period as a whole.http://kmhj.ukma.edu.ua/article/view/25720stalinarchival revolutionwestern scholarshipukraine
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Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal
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archival revolution
western scholarship
ukraine
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title The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New Evidence
title_short The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New Evidence
title_full The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New Evidence
title_fullStr The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New Evidence
title_full_unstemmed The Archival Revolution and Contested Memory: Changing Views of Stalin’s Rule in the Light of New Evidence
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publisher National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
series Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal
issn 2313-4895
publishDate 2014-07-01
description The article discusses the impact on Western scholarship of the opening of secret police archives in Ukraine since the 1990s. The extent of the phenomenon known as the “archi­val revolution” is surveyed, with special attention to the Stalin period. The archives have answered some old questions concerning the way Stalin exercised power, organized show trials, and forced people to admit to crimes they did not commit. Archival revela­tions have also stimulated Western researchers to consider new ways of interpreting the Soviet period as a whole.
topic stalin
archival revolution
western scholarship
ukraine
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