N. M. Nikolsky and the birth of a peripheral Soviet historiography of antiquity

  • Sergey B. Krikh Dostoevsky Omsk State University, 55a Mira Avenue, Omsk 644077, Russia

Abstract

The article concentrated on the problem of the late stage of creative activity N. M. Nikolsky in close relation with history of the genesis the periphery in the Soviet historiography of the Ancient world. Author analyzed the process of creation the new collective sourcebook in ancient history for the pedagogical universities from 1947 to 1952 (when it was printed) and reaction of the Soviet historians on this publication. Author suggests that Nikolsky’s fight for his specific interpretation of oriental history and his critic of Struve’s conception didn’t work in the way, which Nikolsky was counting, but had another
effect: it contributed to formation of periphery in Soviet historiography of an Ancient world.

Author Biography

Sergey B. Krikh, Dostoevsky Omsk State University, 55a Mira Avenue, Omsk 644077, Russia

doctor of science (history), docent; professor at the department of universal history, faculty of history

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Published
2017-12-29
Keywords: Soviet historiography, history of Ancient world, stalinism
Supporting Agencies The article was written with the support of the Grant Council of the President of the Russian Federation, project No. МД-223.2017.6.
How to Cite
Krikh S. B. N. M. Nikolsky and the birth of a peripheral Soviet historiography of antiquity // Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2017. 4. PP. 17-22.
Section
To the 140th anniversary of the birth of N. M. NIkolsky and V. N. Pertsev