IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL ASPECT OF DEBATES AROUNDM. N. POKROVSKY’S HISTORICAL CONCEPT IN THE 1930s

Abstract

Aim. To identify the influence of the ideological and political factor on the formation of theoretical concepts and practical methodological approaches by domestic Russian historians in the 1930s in the context of criticism of M. N. Pokrovsky’s concept. Procedure and research methods. The author reviewed official documents, state papers, publications in media, monographs describing the formation of ideas concerning the agenda of history as a research direction, as well as the methods of Marxist historians. Results. Approaches and methods of forming the discursive strategy of the Soviet scientific community, as well as its conceptual connection with the official rhetoric to the USSR leaders were investigated. Theoretical / practical relevance. The role of the ideological and political component in the activities of Soviet historians in the 1930s was actualised.