Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020s

The article describes the recent Russian historiography (2010s – early 2020s) on the anti-cosmopolitan campaign launched by the Soviet authorities in 1949–1953. The research relied on the principles of historicism and objectivity. The authors used the methods of comparative-historical and problem-ch...

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Main Authors: Elena S. Genina, Vladislav A. Ovchinnikov
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Published: Kemerovo State University 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.sibscript.ru/jour/article/view/5725
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description The article describes the recent Russian historiography (2010s – early 2020s) on the anti-cosmopolitan campaign launched by the Soviet authorities in 1949–1953. The research relied on the principles of historicism and objectivity. The authors used the methods of comparative-historical and problem-chronological research, retrospective and prospective analyses, and periodization to identify the research areas that keep attracting modern Russian historians. The latter seem to pursue the following problems and topics: the authorities vs. the Soviet intelligentsia; the Doctors’ Plot (1953); the state policy against Jewish communities; the anti-cosmopolitan campaign in provincial regions. The relationship between the authorities and the Soviet intelligentsia proved to be the most popular topic. The authors identified the main approaches that modern Russian historians applied to this topic. In addition, they compared the most recent Russian historiography with earlier research data to identify the topics that still maintain their debatable nature. Modern historians seem to focus on the anti-cosmopolitan campaign in peripheral Soviet regions. Apparently, the ethnic regions of the RSFSR interpreted the campaign in their own ways. The regional specifics of the anti-cosmopolitan campaign still need comprehensive research. Another promising direction is represented by biographical reconstructions of the repressed Soviet intelligentsia.
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spelling doaj-art-1378fbe08c884638b1fe8dee34f707322024-12-26T05:49:33ZdeuKemerovo State UniversityСибСкрипт2949-21222949-20922024-12-0126692993910.21603/sibscript-2024-26-6-929-9394743Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020sElena S. Genina0Vladislav A. Ovchinnikov1Kemerovo State UniversityKemerovo State UniversityThe article describes the recent Russian historiography (2010s – early 2020s) on the anti-cosmopolitan campaign launched by the Soviet authorities in 1949–1953. The research relied on the principles of historicism and objectivity. The authors used the methods of comparative-historical and problem-chronological research, retrospective and prospective analyses, and periodization to identify the research areas that keep attracting modern Russian historians. The latter seem to pursue the following problems and topics: the authorities vs. the Soviet intelligentsia; the Doctors’ Plot (1953); the state policy against Jewish communities; the anti-cosmopolitan campaign in provincial regions. The relationship between the authorities and the Soviet intelligentsia proved to be the most popular topic. The authors identified the main approaches that modern Russian historians applied to this topic. In addition, they compared the most recent Russian historiography with earlier research data to identify the topics that still maintain their debatable nature. Modern historians seem to focus on the anti-cosmopolitan campaign in peripheral Soviet regions. Apparently, the ethnic regions of the RSFSR interpreted the campaign in their own ways. The regional specifics of the anti-cosmopolitan campaign still need comprehensive research. Another promising direction is represented by biographical reconstructions of the repressed Soviet intelligentsia.https://www.sibscript.ru/jour/article/view/5725historiographycontemporary russian researchersideological propaganda campaigncosmopolitanismlate stalinismintelligentsiahistoriansregional studies
spellingShingle Elena S. Genina
Vladislav A. Ovchinnikov
Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020s
СибСкрипт
historiography
contemporary russian researchers
ideological propaganda campaign
cosmopolitanism
late stalinism
intelligentsia
historians
regional studies
title Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020s
title_full Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020s
title_fullStr Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020s
title_full_unstemmed Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020s
title_short Anti-Cosmopolitan Campaign in the USSR: Russian Historiography in 2010s – Early 2020s
title_sort anti cosmopolitan campaign in the ussr russian historiography in 2010s early 2020s
topic historiography
contemporary russian researchers
ideological propaganda campaign
cosmopolitanism
late stalinism
intelligentsia
historians
regional studies
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