According to Soviet historians his forces were particularly cruel and prone to looting.
By the second half of the 1930s, the method used by Soviet historians changed.
The battle was only briefly described by Soviet historians.
During the 1920s Soviet historians considered these policies and actions colonialism.
Soviet historians have written that Mao believed his country could survive a nuclear war, even if it lost 300 million people.
For Soviet historians, the October revolution is the greatest event in history.
Until the late 1980s, Soviet historians remained under close party supervision.
Three other numbers have been mentioned in accounts published subsequently by Soviet historians.
Soviet historians have subsequently tried to cover over this situation.
Stalin wanted Soviet historians "to pay more attention to the role of individual" when writing the history.