Iranian Historical Memory of the Soviet Interventions in the 1940s | Tomsk State University Journal of History. 2026. № 99. DOI: 10.17223/19988613/99/18

Iranian Historical Memory of the Soviet Interventions in the 1940s

This study aimed to identify factors during the 1940s that impacted Iranians’ historical memory and intensified their distrust of the Soviet Union. The author employed an explanatory design and a case study strategy and found that the Soviet invasion of Iran in late August 1941, its occupation until after World War II in May 1946, and its support of the formation of separatist republics in Iran after World War II in 1946 created an image of the Soviet Union as an interventionist state with hostile intentions among Iranians. The author declares no conflicts of interests.

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Iran, Soviet Union, intervention, World War II, historical memory

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Name	Organization	E-mail
Khavarinejad Saeed	Tomsk State University	azadazadazadi@yahoo.com

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