THE PROBLEM OF THE FORMATION OF THE RUSSIAN METHODOLOGYOF HISTORY: V. O. KLYUCHEVSKY

Abstract

Aim. Analysis of the initial phase of the formation of the Russian methodology of history on the example of V. O. Klyuchevsky’s views. Methodology. The study is based on the analysis of V.O. Klyuchevsky’s theoretical positions in his scientific and educational works. Comparative historical, biographical, and retrospective methods were used in the course of the study. Results. In the course of the work, V. O. Klyuchevsky’s views on the initial stage of the formation of the content of the methodology of history in connection with its difference from the philosophy of history are identified and characterized. Research implications. The results of the analysis of this problem have theoretical significance in connection with the problem of the formation of the methodology of history in Russian historiography. The practical significance of the analysis of this problem also lies in the fact that the formation of the methodology became the basis of concrete historical research by Russian historians.