History of Russia. View from the XXI century: Elena Zinovieva

The book presents a modern view of the history of the formation and development of Russian statehood, its future. Work on domestic history, published in recent years and caused a polemic in the press and scientific circles, is considered. The authors of these texts – domestic, foreign researchers, including from neighboring abroad – raise in their writings the problematic issues of domestic history from ancient times to the present day give an ambiguous assessments of the events of past times and specific historical characters, put forward non -traditional versions of the course of world history. Thus, disputes cause both the history of the origin of the Ukrainian and Belarusian peoples, and the construction of the all -Russian state, the Soviet period of history. Great Patriotic War. Based on the analysis of extensive material, the author denotes the most important trends in historical research, pain points of Russian history and gives a generalized picture of the state of modern historical self -awareness. The book can become reliable …

Author
Zinovieva Elena Pavlovna
Publisher
Publishing house Neva magazine, 2011