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''See also:'' [[Atheism and historical revisionism]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and historical revisionism]]
[[Secular left|Secular leftists]] have a long-standing history of engaging in [[Historical revisionism|historical revisionism]] (see: [[Atheism and historical revisionism]]).
In terms of academic and popular history, the Communist Party of the [[Soviet Union]] (CPSU) often engaged in historical revisionism via their control of political/ideological public discourse (media, education, etc.) and via the monitoring/silencing/imprisonment/persecution of citizens through the [[KGB]].<ref>Klaus Mehnert, Stalin Versus Marx: the Stalinist historical doctrine (Translation of Weltrevolution durch Weltgeschichte) Port Washington NY: Kennikat Press 1972 (1952), on the illegitimate use of history in the 1934–1952 period</ref>
In terms of academic and popular history, the Communist Party of the [[Soviet Union]] (CPSU) often engaged in historical revisionism via their control of political/ideological public discourse (media, education, etc.) and via the monitoring/silencing/imprisonment/persecution of citizens through the [[KGB]].<ref>Klaus Mehnert, Stalin Versus Marx: the Stalinist historical doctrine (Translation of Weltrevolution durch Weltgeschichte) Port Washington NY: Kennikat Press 1972 (1952), on the illegitimate use of history in the 1934–1952 period</ref>