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Series: History and Political Sciences</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2949-5156</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2949-5164</issn><publisher><publisher-name>State University of Education</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18384/2949-5164-2025-5-129-138</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">historymgou-2209</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ВСЕОБЩАЯ ИСТОРИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>GENERAL HISTORY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Сравнительно-исторический анализ взглядов англо-американских и советских историков на цели, задачи и функции института военных комиссаров ркка в предвоенные годы</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Views of Anglo-American and Soviet Historians on the Goals, Objectives and Functions of the Institute of Military Commissars of the Red Army in the Pre-War Years</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7014-5251</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бруз</surname><given-names>В. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bruz</surname><given-names>V. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Бруз Владимир Виленович – доктор исторических наук, профессор, кафедра государственной и муниципальной службы </p><p>г. Москва</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vladimir V. Bruz  – Dr. Sci. (History), Prof., Department of Public and Municipal Service</p><p>Moscow</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vvb54@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Государственный университет просвещения</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Federal State University of Education</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>17</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>5</issue><fpage>129</fpage><lpage>138</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Бруз В.В., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Бруз В.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bruz V.V.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.istpolitmgou.ru/jour/article/view/2209">https://www.istpolitmgou.ru/jour/article/view/2209</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель. Проведение сравнительного анализа взглядов англо-американских и советских исследователей института военных комиссаров РККА в предвоенные годы.</p></sec><sec><title>Процедура и методы</title><p>Процедура и методы. Основными исследовательскими методами стали диахронный и историко-сравнительный анализы. Проведён сравнительный анализ взглядов англо-американских и советских исследователей по вопросам, связанным с введением в 1937 г. института военных комиссаров в РККА. Изучаемые вопросы исследованы в их развитии в течение времени.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Выяснено, что западные исследователи связывают введение института военных комиссаров с предстоявшими репрессиями и уделяют основное внимание контрольной функции этого института. Изменений во взглядах в зависимости от времени публикаций не отмечено. В исследованиях советских историков наблюдаются изменения в оценках в зависимости от времени публикаций.</p><p>Теоретическая и/или практическая значимость. Определены сущность и содержания методологических подходов при изучении института военных комиссаров англо-американскими и советскими историками.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Aim</title><p>Aim. Conducting a comparative analysis of the views of Anglo-American and Soviet researchers of the Institute of Military Commissars of the Red Army in the pre-war years.</p></sec><sec><title>Methodology</title><p>Methodology. The primary research methods were diachronic and historical-comparative. A comparative analysis was conducted of the views of Anglo-American and Soviet researchers on issues related to the introduction of the institution of military commissars in the Red Army in 1937. The issues under study were examined in their development and changes over time.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. It was found that Western researchers associate the introduction of the military commissar institution with the upcoming repressions and focus primarily on the oversight function of this institution. No changes in views were observed depending on the time of publication. In studies by Soviet historians, changes in assessments were observed depending on the time of publication.</p></sec><sec><title>Research implications</title><p>Research implications. The essence and content of methodological approaches in the study of the institution of military commissars by Anglo-American and Soviet historians was clarified.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>задачи</kwd><kwd>институт военных комиссаров</kwd><kwd>репрессии</kwd><kwd>функции</kwd><kwd>цели</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>tasks</kwd><kwd>institute of military commissars</kwd><kwd>repressions</kwd><kwd>functions</kwd><kwd>goals</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Erickson J. The Soviet high command: A military-political history, 1918–1941. London, 1962. 889 p.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Erickson, J. (1962). The Soviet high command: A military-political history, 1918–1941. 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