Abstract
account both the prevailing Marxist interpretation adopted by, or imposed upon, the historians of that country and the less unified stream of explanations and points of view offered by persons outside the area. In addition, the evaluation of the historical past is seen by Soviet scholars as an integral part of present politics: must serve not for obscuring, but for the explaining of the basic questions of In that lies its meaning, in that lies its significance for Marxism. History is an explanatory chapter for politics. 1 These words, quoted from a Soviet statement of over thirty years ago, are still said to be a valid description of the two tasks of history, scholarly research and propaganda.
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