Negacionismo e falsificação histórica: o apagamento dos crimes de Stalin na história oficial do Partido Comunista Soviético

Abstract

This article analyzes the book History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks) (1938) in comparison with the tradition of the Social History of the Russian Revolution, highlighting the mechanisms of negationism, ideological control, and historical falsification promoted by the Stalinist bureaucracy. It investigates how the official narrative legitimized political repression through the instrumental use of Sergei Kirov’s assassination (1934) and the validation of forged confessions in the First Moscow Trial (1936). The study also highlights the role of the Dewey Commission (1937) in challenging the accusations against Leon Trotsky, as well as the deliberate erasure of the second and third Moscow Trials and the Purges of the Old Guard from the official history. Through documentary evidence and a case study of the economist Isaac Illich Rubin, Joseph Stalin’s direct responsibility in coordinating the Soviet terror apparatus is demonstrated. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of critical historiography as an indispensable tool for deconstructing negationist discourses and understanding the contradictions of the revolutionary process.