As an example, in 1993, Yuri Gorkov and Valeri Danilov published the article, "Was Stalin Preparing a Preemptive Strike Against Hitler in 1941?"
[1] It was based on their interpretation of a previously classified document, titled "Considerations to the plan of the strategic development of the armed forces of the Soviet Union" and dated May 15, 1941, which proposed a strike on Germany.
[2] The paper was purportedly composed by Georgy Zhukov, defense commissar, and Semyon Timoshenko, chief of staff, and presented to Joseph Stalin.
The publication of this plan has generated much discussion among Russian historians (both in and outside Russia) about Stalin's intended strategy in 1941.
Danilov suggests that this draft by Zhukov was the basis for Soviet military planning in 1941, and that Stalin intended to strike Germany before the Nazis' Operation Barbarossa took place.