The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
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The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course is a heavily propagandistic official textbook published in 1938 that presented a Stalinist interpretation of Soviet and party history for ideological education.
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| The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course Context triple: [Joseph Stalin, notableWork, The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course]
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course Target entity description: The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course is a heavily propagandistic official textbook published in 1938 that presented a Stalinist interpretation of Soviet and party history for ideological education.
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A.
Hero of Socialist Labour
Hero of Socialist Labour was one of the highest honorary titles in the Soviet Union, awarded to individuals for exceptional achievements in the national economy and culture.
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B.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
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C.
American Power and the New Mandarins
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D.
NSC-68
NSC-68 was a pivotal 1950 U.S. national security policy paper that called for a massive military buildup and global containment strategy against Soviet expansion during the early Cold War.
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E.
The Protester
The Protester is the collective title Time magazine gave in 2011 to individuals worldwide who participated in mass demonstrations and uprisings, symbolizing the power of grassroots activism in shaping global events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history textbook
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ideological manual ⓘ propaganda work ⓘ |
| attributedAuthor | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| collectiveAuthor | Commission of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| contains |
official interpretation of Civil War
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official interpretation of October Revolution ⓘ official interpretation of collectivization ⓘ official interpretation of industrialization ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
cult of personality around Stalin
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distortion of historical facts ⓘ erasure of political opponents from history ⓘ |
| describedAs |
heavily propagandistic
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official textbook ⓘ |
| distribution | mass circulation in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| downplaysRoleOf |
Leon Trotsky
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other Old Bolsheviks later purged ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Bolshevik Party history
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role of Joseph Stalin in party history ⓘ |
| genre |
party history
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political history ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
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Stalinism ⓘ |
| influenced | communist parties worldwide ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| portrays |
Joseph Stalin as Lenin’s closest disciple
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Joseph Stalin ⓘ
surface form:
Joseph Stalin as the legitimate heir of Lenin
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| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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surface form:
Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
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| purpose |
ideological education
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party indoctrination ⓘ |
| reassessedAfter | Stalin’s death ⓘ |
| replacedBy | new party history narratives after Khrushchev’s Secret Speech ⓘ |
| statusAfter1956 | ideologically discredited in the USSR ⓘ |
| subject |
history of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
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history of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| supports |
Stalinist line in the struggle against “deviationists”
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purges of alleged enemies of the people ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | from the late 19th century to the 1930s ⓘ |
| translatedInto | many foreign languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | standard reference on party history in the late 1930s and 1940s USSR ⓘ |
| usedFor |
education in higher educational institutions
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education in party schools ⓘ political education in the USSR ⓘ training party cadres ⓘ |
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The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
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