Table of Contents

Part 1 Soviet Historians and Perestroika; Part One Giving Clio a Face-Lift; Chapter 2 The Energy of Historical Knowledge, Iu. Afanas'ev; Chapter 3 Apropos of lu. Afanas'ev’s Article; Chapter 4 Talking about the Past, We Must Keep the Future of Socialism in Mind, Iu. Afanas'ev; Chapter 5 Some Questions Regarding the Work of Soviet Historians, S. L. Tikhvinskii; Chapter 6 The Historian and Perestroika, V. A. Kozlov; Part Two The Development of Soviet Society, Party History, and the Soviet Memory Hole; Chapter 7 Basic Stages of the Development of Soviet Society; Chapter 8 The Role of the Journal “Voprosy istorii KPSS” in Restructuring Party History, F. N. Smykov; Chapter 9 On the Personality Factor in the History of the CPSU, V. G. Veriaskin; Part Three Rewriting the History of the Great October Revolution; Chapter 10 On Restructuring in the Study of the October Revolution, I.I. Mints; Chapter 11 The Study of the History of the Great October Revolution; Part Four The Challenge from the Publicists; Chapter 12 Roots, Vasilii Seliunin; Chapter 13 “He Wanted to Make Life Over Because He Loved It”; Chapter 14 Khrushchev, Fedor Burlatskii; Part Five Soviet Historians Respond; Chapter 15 Historical Science under Conditions of Restructuring;