M.N. Pokrovskii and the origins of Soviet historiography /
"Focusing on the career of the Soviet historian M.N. Pokrovskii, the author examines the evolution of historical writing in the first decade of Soviet rule. As Deputy People's Commissar for Education, Pokrovskii was among those who established the academic institutions of the new regime. T...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2024]
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| Series: | Historical materialism book series ;
320. |
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| Summary: | "Focusing on the career of the Soviet historian M.N. Pokrovskii, the author examines the evolution of historical writing in the first decade of Soviet rule. As Deputy People's Commissar for Education, Pokrovskii was among those who established the academic institutions of the new regime. The study of Pokrovskii's writings and the political context in which they were conceived helps explain the origin of interpretations of modern Russian history current in Soviet times. The book can for that reason be regarded as a preliminary to the study of the Russian revolutionary era, and a key to the critical evaluation of the historical sources for the period"-- |
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| Item Description: | Based on author's doctoral dissertation submitted at Glasgow University in 1971. |
| Physical Description: | x, 332 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004703872 900470387X |