Just as in many communist regimes, anything that fails to support the new "official" narrative should be excised from history.
Although they call themselves differently, their tactics speak volumes towards identifying their ancestry.
https://www.openculture.com/2017/08/long-before-photoshop-the-soviets-mastered-the-art-of-erasing-people-from-photographs-and-history-too.html
https://www.rferl.org/a/soviet-airbrushing-the-censors-who-scratched-out-history/29361426.html
Just as in many communist regimes, anything that fails to support the new "official" narrative should be excised from history.
Although they call themselves differently, their tactics speak volumes towards identifying their ancestry.
https://www.openculture.com/2017/08/long-before-photoshop-the-soviets-mastered-the-art-of-erasing-people-from-photographs-and-history-too.html
https://www.rferl.org/a/soviet-airbrushing-the-censors-who-scratched-out-history/29361426.html