Russian history in the most concise essay M.N. Pokrovsky as a historiographic source

Abstract

The author defi nes the infl uence
historiographical constructions Pokrovsky on
the formation of the Soviet monokontseptsii
countrys history, convincingly demonstrates the
interdependence of the contents of school history
on the political situation in the state and ideological
government. Reveals the meaning of the fi rst Soviet
textbook Russian history in the most concise
essay as a historiographical source - books, in
eff ect having the status of the only offi cial history
textbook in 20-ies. XX century. Study of Russian
history in the most concise essay and its ratings in
the Soviet and post-Soviet historiography suggests
that attitudes towards the textbook Pokrovsky is a
litmus test historiographical change the situation
in the country. The analysis allowed the author of the
textbook for the fi rst time to rebut the very strong
tradition of historical scholarship consider Pokrovsky
as a destroyer of pre-revolutionary academic science
as a nihilist in relation to its heritage. The author
argues that long-standing criticism of Pokrovsky
and his theory of merchant capital led eventually
to an underestimation of domestic historians of the
role of trade, the merchant class in the process of
modernizing the economy of the Russian state.