Igor Bunich (September 28, 1937 – June 15, 2000) was a Russian historian known for offering a number of revisionist interpretations of Russian history. He is most famous for claiming that

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was actively preparing to invade western Europe in 1941 before any suggestion of the

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eastward assault in

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Operatsia Groza

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: "Operation Thunderstorm".

External links

The Party's Gold
by Igor Bunich - free full text
The Sword of the President

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bunich, Igor 20th-century Russian historians 1937 births 2000 deaths Pseudohistorians