The phenomenon of dual power in Russia 1917 in English-language historiography
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-676X-2023-1-123-134
Abstract
Aim. To analyze the explanation presented in English-language historiography of the political dual power phenomenon that developed in Russia in 1917, summarizing and comparing the positions of various scientific directions.
Methodology. Based on the comparative historical method and the principles of objectivism and historicism, to investigate the concepts presented in foreign historiography of the causes of the emergence and evolution of political dual power in Russia in 1917.
Results. The author compares points of view and approaches to the problem of the dual power phenomenon in Russia in 1917 of two main English scientific directions – “totalitarian” and “revisionist”.
Their differences and similarities in the issues of the reasons for the appearance, content, and chronology of dual power in Russia in 1917 are revealed.
Research implications. The analysis of English-language studies (“totalitarian” and “revisionist” scientific directions) devoted to the problems of the organization of power in 1917 makes it possible to compare the points of view of representatives of various scientific directions, which in turn makes it possible to eliminate the discrepancy in the concept of “dual power”, to give a chronology of its evolution and to present historiography on this topic in full.
About the Author
N. A. Yakovlev
Moscow Region State Рedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikolai A. Yakovlev – Postgraduate student, Department of the History of Russia of the Middle Ages and the New Age
ul. Very Voloshinoi 24, Mytishchi 141014, Moscow region
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