Rossijskaâ istoriâ
“Rossiiskaia Istoriia” (“Russian History”) is the most famous academic bimonthly periodical devoted to the history of Russia, the USSR and the Russian Federation, the leading national scientific journal publishing materials on history, historiography and historical research methods, published since March 1957. The journal was called “History of the USSR” until 1992, and in 1992—2008. — “National history”. For a long time it was the only Russian scientific periodical devoted entirely to the history of Russia in its various aspects.
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No 6 (2023)
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The Pugachev uprising in the historiography of Central and Western Europe in the first quarter of the 21st century
Abstract
For thirty years now, the history of the Pugachev uprising has been experiencing a rapid process of rethinking the analytical categories and interpretations that had been used in historiography seventy years before. This process of rethinking has gone so far as to completely overturn achievements traditionally considered firmly established, with a consequent fragmentation of the theoretical foundations on which they rested. New interpretations, developing at different times, in different ways and with different goals, stemmed from a common beginning - criticism of the Marxist interpretation of the uprising. Revisiting the Soviet interpretation of the Pugachev uprising as a class war between peasants and nobles, English-language and European writers outside Russia emphasized other aspects of the uprising, especially when it came to the movement to restore Cossack autonomy and the protest of peripheral ethnic groups and nationalities. This article aims to demonstrate how this thesis of the peripheral revolt has shown in recent years that it still leaves several places open for further thought, and what its recent updates have been in the historiography of Central and Western Europe.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):3-12
3-12
«Non-stalin’s» Soviet Union: formation and transformation of the new international image of the country in the years of thaw (1953-1968)
Abstract
The time of thaw is a period of significant changes in the political, economic and cultural life of the Soviet Union and its citizens. They were connected not only with the adoption and implementation of specific decisions, but also with the formation of a new image of the country - the «different» USSR. The Cold War is also the «image war»: the image of the «enemy», which is equally characteristic of both the perception of the Western world in the USSR and the Soviet Union in the Western countries, has become a serious obstacle to the creation of a new quality of communication between them. The new image of the USSR was created, of course, taking into account the mood of the Western audience, its requests and fears. Therefore, the «different» Soviet Union had to be positioned, first of all, as the «non-Stalin» USSR. The article is devoted to the process of forming the image of the «non-Stalin» USSR in the years of thaw as part of its international image.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):13-25
13-25
Obdorskaya orthodox mission of 1832-1833: unsuccessful experience of preaching christianity among the inhabitants of the tundra
Abstract
The Obdorskaya mission of 1832-1833 made it into the Christianization of Trans-Ural tundra aborigines history as one of the most unsuccessful. Among the reasons, the researchers name some such as the transport disorder of the region, the aboriginal elders' resilience, as well as secular authorities', who feared the indignation of the aborigines. To this we must add the not very successful choice of the mission head, Hieromonk Makarii, who did not show the needed will and dedication in missionary service. It also turns out that at that time the traditional economy and the social structure of the aborigines were in a state of crisis as a result of climate warming. In these conditions, traditional religious beliefs were actualized, which led to a sharp rejection of the evangelical preaching by the tundra inhabitants and, as a consequence, the failure of the mission.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):26-36
26-36
The revolutionary doctrine of P. N.Tkachev and the «People’s Will»
Abstract
The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of the views of P.N. Tkachev and the ideology of the «People's Will». It is proved that only a small minority in «People's Will» supported Tkachev's ideas. The program of «People's Will» itself and the positions of the majority of the «People's Will» were far from Tkachev's views.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):37-48
37-48
A non-partisan candidate: count I.I. Tolstoy and the election to the State Duma in 1907
Abstract
After the June 3rd coup, the question arose about the future of parliamentarism in the Russian Empire. The answer to it depended on the possibility of cooperation between the 3rd Imperial Duma, part of the legislative assembly in the late Russian Empire, and the top government. This issue was at the center of pre-election discussions in the fall of 1907, in which Count I.I. Tolstoy, a well-known public and statesman. His political program turned out to be too liberal for the Russian society. Tolstoy set out his «political platform» in interviews, articles, letters and diaries. The Manuscript Division of the Russian National Library also holds an unfinished essay «Russia on the eve of the 3rd Imperial Duma». These materials make it possible to expand the idea of the limit of concessions that society was willing to make in dialogue with the authorities.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):49-55
49-55
Culture policy of the russian rightists at the beginning of the 20th century
Abstract
The article examines the cultural policy of the Russian right-wing parties and unions of the early XX century. Attention is drawn to the perception of the leaders of monarchical organizations of the processes that took place in various spheres of the cultural life of the Russian Empire. The article analyzes the speeches of right-wing politicians and publicists on literature, theater, and cinema. The efforts of the right-wingers in popularizing the spiritual, scientific and cultural heritage, historical achievements of the Russian people, glorification of its heroes are shown. The specifics of cultural events held by monarchists are revealed. It is proved that the leaders of the Russian right-wing parties focused their efforts not only on criticizing the processes and phenomena in culture and art that disturbed them, but also sought to reverse the situation in this area themselves.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):56-71
56-71
Moscow monarchist organizations
Abstract
The article examines the creation and activities of monarchical organizations in Moscow, which has become one of the centers of the right-wing movement in Russia. The Moscow nobility played a key role in the creation of right-wing organizations. However, the events of the First Russian Revolution involved many representatives of other social groups and strata in the political process, some of whom found themselves on the side of the autocracy, usually adhering to extreme right-wing beliefs. This explains the creation in Moscow of many different monarchical organizations, most of which had a pronounced class, professional or estate character. Moscow monarchists laid claim to all-Russian leadership in the right-wing movement, taking a number of successful steps to consolidate it during 1906. But still, in this rivalry, Muscovites, having lost their recognized leader V.A. Gringmut in 1907, lost to the St. Petersburgers, who had more significant financial and administrative support from the government. Gringmut's successors were unable to continue even the unification of the Moscow monarchist organizations that he had begun, primarily due to the personal ambitions and selfish motives of their leaders. A certain role in this was also played by the impossibility of coordinating the interests of various social and professional groups represented in the monarchical organizations of Moscow.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):72-84
72-84
N.I. Makhno and the makhnovist movement in the assessments of Russian and Ukrainian anarchists (1918-1921)
Abstract
The article analyzes the views of Russian and Ukrainian anarchists in the era of the Civil War on the Makhnovist movement. The author presents the anarchists' assessments of the political position, the social base of the Makhnovshchina, the role of N.I. Makhno in the formation of the movement, the main stages of the development of relations between the Makhnovists and the Bolsheviks in 1918-1921.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):85-98
85-98
A new book on the history of the anarchist movement
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):99-105
99-105
The first fundamental and honest study in Russia about the Russian anarchism
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):105-112
105-112
The good old history of Russian anarchism
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):112-116
112-116
Embrace the unbounded
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):117-121
117-121
«pan-Turkism» in archival sources of stalinism (1944-1953)
Abstract
The article is devoted to the process of constructing and presenting the narrative "pan-Turkism" in archival sources of the Main Archival Department (Glavnoe Arhivnoe Upravlenie, GAU) of the NKVD-Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR in 1944-1953. The analysis of the content, stylistics and process specifics of the archivists' work with documentary materials of the imperial and Soviet periods reflecting the "pan-Turkist" problems is carried out. One of the important conditions for the inheritance of the imperial tradition of constructing the "pan-Turkist danger" and the image of the enemy-the "pan-Turkist" was the effect of the information echo chamber that arose when the GAU was transferred to the state security agencies.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):122-130
122-130
«Method is an intellectual machine for the production of knowledge»
Abstract
The article examines the role of Academician I.D. Kovalchenko in the process of formation and development in the USSR/Russia of an interdisciplinary field of historical studies called “Quantitative history”. Materials from the prominent historian’s personal archive are used as the main source.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):131-137
131-137
Contribution of academician I.D. Kovalchenko to the development of source studies as a special historical discipline
Abstract
The article analyzes the contribution of Academician I. D. Kovalchenko, an outstanding Soviet and Russian scientist, Honored Professor of Moscow State University, Head of the Department of Source Studies of Moscow State University (1966-1995), to the development of problems of source studies. With regard to source studies, he expressed at least two ideas, each of which would be enough for the name of the scientist to go down in the history of science forever: he identified a class of mass historical sources and fundamentally solved the problem of the possibility of applying a number of provisions of the modern doctrine of information in source studies.
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):138-147
138-147
«we are not studying villages, we are studying in villages»: new in the research of the historical demography of Russia in the 16th - early 18th century
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):148-157
148-157
Rec. ad. op.: Imperatorskaya Academia Nauk na puti obnovleniia v 1801-1855 gg.: istoricheskiye ocherki. saint petersburg, 2021
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):157-160
157-160
I.S. Aksakov and his correspondents
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):161-164
161-164
Rec. ad op.: N.B. Khaylova. Tsentrizm v rossiyskom liberalizme nachala XX veka. Moscow, Saint Petersburg, 2022
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):165-168
165-168
The «Middle» trend in Russian liberalism and the art of political compromise
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):168-171
168-171
Rec. ad op.: G. S. Kan. Grozia bedoy prestupnoy sile... Letuchiy boevoy otriad Severnoy oblasti (1906-1908). vol. 1-2. Saint Petersburg, 2021
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):171-177
171-177
The path of terrorists, or an attempt to glorify young people with unstable psyche
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):177-183
177-183
A kind of portrait of militants against the background of the Civil war
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):183-186
183-186
Rec. ad op.: Bloomsbury Handbook of the Russian Revolution / ed. by G. Swain. l.: Bloomsbury, 2022. 656 p
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):186-193
186-193
The feast of October under the bell ringing
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):193-197
193-197
How a sotsgorod was born: new attempt to comprehend the urban planning practices of the early USSR
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):197-202
197-202
Rec. ad op.:I.O. Johnson. Faustian bargain: the Soviet-German partnership and the origins of the Second World War. n.y.: Oxford University Press, 2021. 368 p
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):202-206
202-206
Soviet tourists and the system
Rossijskaâ istoriâ. 2023;(6):207-210
207-210