Features of the domestic historiography of the war in afghanistan 1979–1989
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5164-2025-3-109-118
Abstract
Aim. Historiographic analysis of scientific literature on the problems of periodization and features of
domestic historiography of the Afghan war of 1979–1989.
Methodology. The publications devoted to the participation of a limited contingent of Soviet troops
in the war in Afghanistan in 1979-1989 were studied. The study is based on the principles of histori
cism and scientific objectivity. The main methods of historiographic analysis were applied: histori
cal-genetic, comparative-historical, typological, historical-systemic.
Results. Based on the study of the historiography of the Afghan war of 1979–1989, three main pe
riods were identified: Soviet, post-Soviet (1990s) and modern (2000s to the present day). The key
features of each are described.
Research implications. The problems of the historiography of the participation of a limited contin
gent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan in 1979–1989 have been studied, systematization has been
carried out, periods have been identified, and key features of each of them have been revealed. The
results of the analysis can be used in the development of teaching aids and monographs on the latest
Russian history.
About the Author
N. A. Zadoya
Federal State University of Education
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikolay A. Zadoya – Postgraduate student, Department of Russian History, Federal State University of Education, Teacher of History and Social Science, School no . 2053
Moscow
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