Criticism of falsifications of the historical meaning and character of the Great Patriotic War

The subject of research in the article is the essence of falsification of history, such phenomena as falsification and myth-making are compared, and the goals of falsifiers are revealed. The relevance of research is due to the emerging trend of distortion of the history and facts of the great Patriotic war. This article presents the history of the origin of this trend and analyzes its current state.