• Opinion Paper
  • July 25, 2024
  • Open access

Smirnitsky A. E. Key issues in the development of Soviet historical science (1917-1991). Moscow: INFRA, 2022. 157 p.: Book review

Abstract

The reviewed book highlights the main stages in the development of Soviet historical science in 1917-1991. The author pays special attention to the activities of Soviet historians who were engaged not only in historical research, but also in popularization of its results. The monograph will be useful to anyone interested in the history of Soviet culture, the most important component of which is historical science.

Author information

Nina Vladimirovna Starikova

PhD

Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University

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Publication history

  • Received: June 12, 2024.
  • Published: July 25, 2024.

Keywords

  • советская историческая наука
  • культурная революция
  • исторический источник
  • исторический материализм
  • государственная идеология и историческая наука
  • историография советской исторической науки
  • Soviet historical science
  • cultural revolution
  • historical source
  • historical materialism
  • state ideology and historical science
  • historiography of Soviet historical science

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