trash heap of history

Etymology
In a similar form (“that great dust heap called ‘history’”) used by English essayist in 1887 (but in use before), popularized by  in reference to the Mensheviks (1917).

Noun

 * 1)  A notional place where things which have been forgotten or have become irrelevant from a historical perspective go.

Translations

 * Finnish: historian romukoppa
 * French: oubliettes de l'histoire
 * German: Müllhaufen der Geschichte
 * Polish: śmietnik historii
 * Swedish: