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Let History Judge (Russian: К суду истории, Before the Court of History) is a Soviet history book by Roy Medvedev that critiques Stalinism from a Marxist perspective. Its publication in 1969 resulted in Medvedev's expulsion from the Communist Party and in subsequent harassment.[1]

Medvedev said of his methodology that "I did not make use of or have access to any closed archives, “special collections,” or any other limited-access depositories and I am not familiar with any" and "there could not be a published source for much of the information in this book; it was passed on by the victims of repression or their friends or relatives".[2]

The book was republished in expanded form in 1989.

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  1. [1]
    de Baets, Antoon (2002). Censorship of historical thought: a world guide, 1945-2000. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 505. ISBN 978-0-313-31193-2.
  2. [2]
    Medvedev, Roy (1989). Let History Judge. Columbia University Press. pp. xviii–xx.


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