General Stefan Gusa, the Soviets, and the Ghost of Pavel Corut in the Indictment of the Revolution File
General Stefan Gusa, the Soviets, and the Ghost of Pavel Corut in the Indictment of the Revolution File

Summary/Abstract: The author shows in this article that the toxic legacy of the Ceausescu regime’s appropriation, exploitation, and use of anti-Soviet/anti-Russian nationalism is critical for understanding how historical research on and judicial investigations of the Ceausescu and initial post Ceausescu eras, especially the Romanian Revolution of December 1989, have been packaged, marketed, received, and circulated in post-communist Romania. He illustrates this point by looking at the claims made in the Indictment of the Revolution File regarding Army General Stefan Gusa and his alleged forestalling of direct Soviet intervention in Romania in December 1989, and the concomitant alleged non-existence of counterrevolutionary forces; and the reactions of Romanian media and intellectuals to the Indictment’s claims.

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