By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 September 2023
“The American Coup in Chile”: A Myth That Will Never Die
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A Note on Zhdanovism
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 August 2023
Andrey Zhdanov was one of the key figures in the Soviet Great Terror (Yezhovshchina) and, indeed, during Stalin’s reign more generally until his death in 1948. Zhdanov is perhaps best remembered for the strictures he imposed on Soviet cultural life in 1946, known as Zhdanovism (or Zhdanovshchina).
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