Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Masanin Kremlin na Poland Leopold Labedz ya soki Carr saboda ya ɗauki da'awar gwamnatin Soviet da gaske. Labedz ya ci gaba da jayayya cewa shawarar Carr ta kawo karshen jerin "Tarihin Soviet Rasha" a 1929 ya nuna rashin iyawa da rashin son sukar Tarayyar Soviet ta Stalin. Labedz ya soki yadda Carr ya yi amfani da tushe, yana mai jayayya cewa Carr ya yi karkata ga karɓar takardun Soviet na hukuma a kan darajarsa kuma ba ya son yarda da karkatar da tarihin tarihi a karkashin Stalin. A ƙarshe, Labedz ya ɗauki Carr a kan abin da ya ɗauka a matsayin halin Carr na wanke laifukan Soviet "a bayan wani tsari mai mahimmanci wanda sau da yawa ya haɗu da "ci gaba" stereotypes tare da lexicon na Soviet terminology". Norman Stone ya yi jayayya cewa Carr yana da laifi na rubuce-rubuce a cikin salon salon da ake nufi don ɓoye ƙaunarsa na Soviet. Walter Laqueur ya yi jayayya cewa kundin "Tarihin Soviet Rasha" tushen tarihi ne mai shakkar gaske wanda a mafi yawan bangarorin ya cire abubuwan da ba su da kyau na rayuwar Soviet, wanda ke nuna halayen Carr na Soviet. Babban tushen zargi na "Tarihin Soviet Rasha" shine shawarar Carr na yin watsi da yakin basasa na Rasha a ƙarƙashin dalilin cewa ba shi da mahimmanci kuma kamar yadda ya keɓe kawai 'yan layi kaɗan ga
Tawayen Kronstadt na 1921 tun lokacin da Carr ya yi la'akari da shi kawai wani abu ne mai mahimmanci. Laqueur yayi sharhi cewa watsi da Carr game da yakin basasar Rasha yayin da yake ba da hankali sosai ga batutuwa kamar alaƙar da ke tsakanin jam'iyyun Bolshevik da Jam'iyyun Kwaminis na Sweden da alaƙar diflomasiyyar Soviet da Mongolia ta waje a cikin 1920s ya bar "Tarihin Soviet Rasha" ba shi da daidaito.