10 Myths About 1941

The tragic events of 1941 became the main argument of “liberal” revisionists—professional debunkers and slanderers of the Soviet past—who, for their goals, stop at nothing: not forgery, not manipulation, and not outright lies. In their “sensational” texts, facts are deliberately turned upside down, the scale of losses is inflated many times over, and rumors and gossip are presented as the final truth; anti-Soviet legends multiply with astonishing speed.

This book serves as a reliable antidote to such “liberal” falsification. One of Russia’s leading historians, the author of bestsellers “Beria: The Best Manager of the 20th Century” and “Why Did They Kill Stalin?”, not only analyzes and refutes the most aggressive and cynical myths about 1941—exposing panickers and slanderers—but also offers his own reasoned explanation of the causes and circumstances of that tragedy.