Buldakov  V.P.

HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION OF OUR DAYS. ABOUT E.YU. SEMENOVA’S BOOK “RUSSIAN CITY IN THE YEARS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (ON THE DOCUMENTS OF THE VOLGA REGION).” SAMARA: SAMARA STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, 2016

Authors

Buldakov V.P.

Keywords:

First World War, Russian Revolution, historiography, source study, the Volga region, urban population, history of everyday life

Abstract

In the article author using specific example reveals some of the characteristic weaknesses and shortcomings of modern Russian historiography. Among them are theoretical and methodological helplessness, historiographic and source-study non-professionalism. However, some authors try to imitate “scientific” abilities with the help of “modern” terminology. All this affected the approach to the “fashionable” theme – the history of everyday life during the First World War. It is also shown how in this case the simplest local plots are issued for some all-Russian tendencies, and everyday collisions – for some generalizations. In general, “provincial” history is sometimes set out without taking into account key all-Russian phenomena.

HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CONFUSION OF OUR DAYS. ABOUT E.YU. SEMENOVA’S BOOK “RUSSIAN CITY IN THE YEARS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (ON THE DOCUMENTS OF THE VOLGA REGION).” SAMARA: SAMARA STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, 2016