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Stalin is the most defamed man in history. This is a list of '''myths about Stalin''', promoting [[historical nihilism]], typically spread by [[Trotsky]], [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]], and the [[CIA]].
Stalin is the most defamed man in history. This is a '''list of myths about Stalin''', typically spread by [[Trotsky]], [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]], and the [[CIA]]. They are important because they spread [[historical nihilism]], negating the incredible achievements and material content of Stalinism in favor of moralistic condemnation.


Below some points, you can see that every accusation is a confession.
Below some points, you can see that every accusation is a confession.


Points with (K) are mentioned in [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]'s [[Khrushchev Lied|famous speech]].
Points with (K) are in [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]'s [[Khrushchev Lied|anti-Stalin speech]].


==Early Stalinism==
==Early Stalinism==


* Lenin wanted Trotsky to succeed him https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Joseph_Stalin See Lenin's Testament
* "Lenin wanted Trotsky to succeed him" [[Joseph Stalin]] See Lenin's Testament
* Stalin starved the Ukraine / the USSR: https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Soviet_Union#Manmade_famine_myth_and_Ukrainian_%22Holodomor%22_myth
* "Stalin starved the Ukraine / the USSR" [[Soviet Union#Manmade famine myth and Ukrainian "Holodomor" myth]]
: - Nazis starved Ukraine: https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Nazi_atrocities
: - Nazis starved Ukraine: [[Great Patriotic War#Nazi atrocities]]
* Everyone who confessed to terrorism in the USSR was tortured by Stalin https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Soviet_Union#Torture
* "Everyone who confessed to terrorism in the USSR was tortured by Stalin" [[Soviet Union#Torture]]
* Stalin knowingly tortured and purged innocents (K) https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Soviet_Union#Yezhovshchina_(Great_Purge)
* "Stalin knowingly tortured and purged innocents" (K) [[Soviet Union#Yezhovshchina (Great Purge)]]
: - Khrushchev tortured and purged innocents https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Nikita_Khrushchev#Early_Career_under_Stalin
: - Khrushchev tortured and purged innocents: [[Nikita Khrushchev#Early Career under Stalin]]


==World War II==
==World War II==


* Stalin allied with Nazi Germany https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Molotov-Ribbentrop_Non-Aggression_Pact
* "Stalin allied with Nazi Germany" [[Great Patriotic War#Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact]]
: - The West allied with Nazi Germany https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Western_bourgeois_support_for_Nazi_Germany_(1918-1939)
: - The West allied with Nazi Germany [[Great Patriotic War#Western bourgeois support for Nazi Germany (1918-1939)]]
: - Poland signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Background:_Poland_1917-1939
: - Poland signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany: [[Great Patriotic War#Background: Poland 1917-1939]]
* Stalin invaded Poland with Nazi Germany https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Nazi_invasion_of_Poland_(September_1939)
* "Stalin invaded Poland with Nazi Germany" [[Great Patriotic War#Nazi invasion of Poland (September 1939)]]
: - Poland took part of Czechoslovakia when Nazi Germany invaded it
: - Poland took part of Czechoslovakia when Nazi Germany invaded it
* Stalin was an ethnic supremacist colonialist
* "Stalin was an ethnic supremacist colonialist"
: - Poland was ethnic supremacist colonialist https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Background:_Poland_1917-1939
: - Poland was ethnic supremacist colonialist: [[Great Patriotic War#Background: Poland 1917-1939]]
* Stalin committed the Katyn Massacre https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Katyn_Massacre
* "Stalin committed the Katyn Massacre" [[Great Patriotic War#Katyn Massacre]]
: - Nazis committed it
: - Nazis committed it
* Stalin sovietized the Baltics undemocratically https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Sovietization_of_the_Baltics_(Summer_1940)
* "Stalin sovietized the Baltics undemocratically" [[Great Patriotic War#Sovietization of the Baltics (Summer 1940)]]
: - The Baltics were undemocratic under capitalism, being fascist dictatorships
: - The Baltics were undemocratic under capitalism, being fascist dictatorships
* Stalin suppressed innocent Eastern Europeans who fought Nazi Germany https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Nazi_collaborators
* "Stalin suppressed innocent Eastern Europeans who fought Nazi Germany" [[Great Patriotic War#Nazi collaborators]]
* Stalin didn't expect Nazi Germany to invade (K) https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Course_of_the_War
* "Stalin didn't expect Nazi Germany to invade" (K) [[Great Patriotic War#Course of the War]]
* Stalin allowed the Rape of Berlin https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#%22Rape_of_Berlin%22
* "Stalin allowed the Rape of Berlin" [[Great Patriotic War#Rape of Berlin]]
: - Nazis committed far more rapes: https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Nazi_atrocities
: - Nazis committed far more rapes: [[Great Patriotic War#Nazi atrocities]]
* Stalin forced Eastern Europe to become communist https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Rise_of_Communism
* "Stalin forced Eastern Europe to become communist" [[Great Patriotic War#Rise of Communism]]
: - The West forced Western Europe to stay capitalist with Nazi terrorists in Operation Gladio https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Great_Patriotic_War#Nazis_defect_to_CIA
: - The West forced Western Europe to stay capitalist with Nazi terrorists in Operation Gladio: [[Great Patriotic War#Nazis defect to CIA]]
* Stalin was prepared to give Ukraine and Baltics to Hitler. Reported by numerous pro-Western sources (https://euromaidanpress.com/2016/06/20/archives-show-stalin-was-ready-to-give-hitler-ukraine-and-the-baltics-euromaidan-press/)
* "Stalin was prepared to give Ukraine and Baltics to Hitler"<ref>https://euromaidanpress.com/2016/06/20/archives-show-stalin-was-ready-to-give-hitler-ukraine-and-the-baltics-euromaidan-press/</ref>
: Reality: The primary source (https://web.archive.org/web/20160701101809/https://novayagazeta.ru/comments/73493.html) says that [[Lavrentiy Beria]] and [[Pavel Sudoplatov]], under interrogation in 1953, said that Beria ordered Sudoplatov to negotiate with Hitler in strict secrecy. Beria of course said Stalin ordered him to, but Beria is not trustworthy (https://sovinform.net/Beria-Betrayal-1.htm). Sudoplatov also said Stalin was trying to deceive the Germans and buy time.
: Reality: The primary source<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160701101809/https://novayagazeta.ru/comments/73493.html</ref> says that [[Lavrentiy Beria]] and [[Pavel Sudoplatov]], under interrogation in 1953, said that Beria ordered Sudoplatov to negotiate with Hitler in strict secrecy. Beria of course said Stalin ordered him to, but Beria is not trustworthy<ref>Sovinform Media. MI6 agent Lavrenti Beria partners with Khrushchev, White Guards, Mensheviks, and ‘jihadists’ to partition USSR. https://sovinform.net/Beria-Betrayal-1.htm</ref> Sudoplatov also said Stalin was trying to deceive the Germans and buy time.


==Other==
==Other==
* Stalin repressed religion https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Joseph_Stalin See Freedom of Religion
* "Stalin repressed Christianity" [[Joseph Stalin]] See Freedom of Religion
* Stalin created his own cult of personality (K) https://espressostalinist.com/2015/02/15/bill-bland-the-cult-of-the-individual-1934-52/
* "Stalin created his own cult of personality" (K) https://espressostalinist.com/2015/02/15/bill-bland-the-cult-of-the-individual-1934-52/
: - Khrushchev supported Stalin's cult of personality https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Nikita_Khrushchev#Early_Career_under_Stalin
: - Khrushchev supported Stalin's cult of personality: [[Nikita Khrushchev#Early Career under Stalin]]
* Stalin acted alone as dictator (K)
* "Stalin acted alone as dictator" (K)
: - Khrushchev acted alone as dictator https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Nikita_Khrushchev#Attempted_removal
: - Khrushchev acted alone as dictator: [[Nikita Khrushchev#Attempted removal]]
* Stalin dominated allied countries (K)
* "Stalin dominated allied countries" (K)
: - Khrushchev dominated allied countries: https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Nikita_Khrushchev#Split_with_China_and_Albania and https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Nikita_Khrushchev#Effect_on_foreign_communists
: - Khrushchev dominated allied countries: [[Nikita Khrushchev#Split with China and Albania]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev#Effect on foreign communists]]
* [[Stalin-Lydia Affair]]: Stalin had a relationship with a 13-year-old.
* "Stalin had a relationship with a 13-year-old" [[Stalin-Lydia Affair]]
* Stalin promoted Lysenko's bogus theories https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Lysenko#Slander_of_Lysenkoism
* "Stalin promoted Lysenko's bogus theories" [[Lysenko#Slander of Lysenkoism]]
* Gramsci was sympathetic to Trotskyism https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Antonio_Gramsci#Trotsky_vs._Stalin
* "Gramsci was Trotskyist / anti-Stalin" [[Antonio Gramsci#Trotsky vs. Stalin]]
 
==References==

Revision as of 08:01, 2 October 2025

Stalin is the most defamed man in history. This is a list of myths about Stalin, typically spread by Trotsky, Khrushchev, and the CIA. They are important because they spread historical nihilism, negating the incredible achievements and material content of Stalinism in favor of moralistic condemnation.

Below some points, you can see that every accusation is a confession.

Points with (K) are in Khrushchev's anti-Stalin speech.

Early Stalinism

- Nazis starved Ukraine: Great Patriotic War#Nazi atrocities
- Khrushchev tortured and purged innocents: Nikita Khrushchev#Early Career under Stalin

World War II

- The West allied with Nazi Germany Great Patriotic War#Western bourgeois support for Nazi Germany (1918-1939)
- Poland signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany: Great Patriotic War#Background: Poland 1917-1939
- Poland took part of Czechoslovakia when Nazi Germany invaded it
  • "Stalin was an ethnic supremacist colonialist"
- Poland was ethnic supremacist colonialist: Great Patriotic War#Background: Poland 1917-1939
- Nazis committed it
- The Baltics were undemocratic under capitalism, being fascist dictatorships
- Nazis committed far more rapes: Great Patriotic War#Nazi atrocities
- The West forced Western Europe to stay capitalist with Nazi terrorists in Operation Gladio: Great Patriotic War#Nazis defect to CIA
  • "Stalin was prepared to give Ukraine and Baltics to Hitler"[1]
Reality: The primary source[2] says that Lavrentiy Beria and Pavel Sudoplatov, under interrogation in 1953, said that Beria ordered Sudoplatov to negotiate with Hitler in strict secrecy. Beria of course said Stalin ordered him to, but Beria is not trustworthy[3] Sudoplatov also said Stalin was trying to deceive the Germans and buy time.

Other

- Khrushchev supported Stalin's cult of personality: Nikita Khrushchev#Early Career under Stalin
  • "Stalin acted alone as dictator" (K)
- Khrushchev acted alone as dictator: Nikita Khrushchev#Attempted removal
  • "Stalin dominated allied countries" (K)
- Khrushchev dominated allied countries: Nikita Khrushchev#Split with China and Albania and Nikita Khrushchev#Effect on foreign communists

References