Is Karl Radek fairly criticized?
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-676X-2023-3-118-125
Abstract
Aim. To analyze Radek’s estimates by foreign historians.
Methodology. Foreign publications devoted to the activities of K. Radek are analyzed, several groups of researchers are formed depending on their assessments of the politician: the opinions are arranged in chronological order, as well as in accordance with the internal logic of the article.
Results. The analysis revealed that the historians note Radek’s high intellect, his political literacy, and his successful activities in the Comintern. The politician is criticized mainly for the lack of political will, for adapting to Stalin’s policy in the second half of the 1920s, for the betrayal of former comrades-in-arms.
Research implications. The research material on this topic is summarized for the first time. The problems of studying the activities of K. Radek and the communist movement as a whole have been updated.
About the Author
I. A. Suzdaltsev
GBOU School 1381
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilya A. Suzdaltsev – Сand. Sci. (History), teacher of history
ul. Cominterna 52, Moscow 129346
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