Stalin, Ivan the Terrible and others. Ilizarov B.S.

The new book of the Doctor of Historical Sciences B.S. Ilizarova is dedicated to the tragic page in the history of our culture of the Stalin era. Historical science, literature, theater, cinema, poetry - everything was subordinated to the will of the leader, who directed them to develop new historical myths. On the basis of archival documents, the author reveals the mechanisms of the formation of the party-state apparatus of the myths of history in the bowels related to the images of Ivan the Terrible, Alexander Nevsky, Stalin. Particular attention is paid to the role of Stalin himself in the formation of a new mythology of history. Unknown materials were used from the archives of historians R.Yu. Vipper, M.V. Nachkina, writer Al.N. Tolstoy, film director S. Eisenstein and others. The book is written by a scientific, but accessible language. For those who are interested in the origins of the history of our time.