Sovietology, sometimes known as Kremlinology, is the derisive name given to historians of the Soviet Union, by virtue of their questionable practices and goals. Let's see how those practices seep into Hearts of Iron.
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The Victoria 3 video of mine I mentioned:
   • Victoria 3: A Lesson in Historiography  

The Glubb Video:
   • Civilization 6 and The Fate of Empires  
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People who helped (yay)


‪@ArmchairEgyptology‬ :
   • Symbols of the Two Lands: the Crowns ...  


‪@StepBackHistory‬ :
   • The Political Compass Must DIE!   (mentioned in video)

   • The First Years of Russia: Shock, Cru...   (tangentially relevant)
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Sources and additional readings

Applebaum:
https://historynewsnetwork.org/articl...
Note: I've just remembered that the person I have in there for a critique of Applebaum has some... curious theories himself and while not a discredited academic, probably shouldn't be the final word on her questionable credibility. To that end I've included another source below from the trusted (and frequently cited) historian economist Stephen G Wheatcroft.

Additional on Applebaum:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Getty Conquest letters:
https://www.lrb.co.uk/thepaper/v09/n...

Montefiore review, stable link:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27896172

Added reading on Orwell’s List:
https://web.archive.org/web/201603050...

The Talk Page™
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hu...

Kremlinology article:
https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/11333

"Eastern Europe" article:
https://www.unibas.ch/en/NewsEvents/...

Sources on the new understanding of the numbers
(if these links don’t work I can cite the essays by name and hope people can search them)

https://sovietinfo.tripod.com/ELMRep...

https://sovietinfo.tripod.com/WCRSec...

https://sovietinfo.tripod.com/GTYPen...

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00:00 intro
04:53 Stalin’s Role
09:24 Mass Assault and Human Wave
14:54 Who are the Sovietologists?
35:44 Sovietology and Consequences
39:05 Conclusion
45:28 Outro