On countering the falsification of the history of the Great Patriotic War: the legal aspect

In the modern world, the problem of distorting the history of the Great Patriotic War becomes relevant, since after the collapse of the Soviet Union, cases of encroachments on the causes of the beginning and results of the war, expressed in the deliberate distortion of the facts established by historical sources, have become more frequent. The authors study the ways of falsifying history, the consequences of a false interpretation of the events of 1939-1945, and study the issues of legal regulation of responsibility for the deliberate dissemination of false information about the activities of the USSR in the middle of the 20th century. Based on a comparison of the legislation of some European countries on the prevention of falsification of history and the rehabilitation of Nazism in modern society, ways are proposed to improve national legislation in order to prevent further destructive impact on the historical consciousness of the country’s population.