Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


Отечественная история

The work of student clubs of universities of the Ukrainian SSR as a means of organizing leisure during the “Khrushchev thaw”

The article deals with the leisure of students of the Ukrainian SSR in 1953–1964 on the example Kyiv State University, Kharkov State University, Odessa State University, Lviv State University and Stalin State Pedagogical Institute. Attention is paid to the cultural recreation of students,the activities of student clubs in higher educational institutions andthework of various amateur art circles, which provide an opportunity for the comprehensive development of personality.

Organization of propaganda, cultural and educational work among Soviet repatriates (1944–1946)

In the Russian historical science there are almost no studies devoted to propaganda, mass cultural and educational activities of the Department of Plenipotentiary of Soviet Union on repatriation of Soviet citizens amongthe Soviet displaced persons duringthe Great Patriotic War and after it. The article analyzes the propaganda, mass cultural and educational work of the Administration of the Plenipotentiary of the USSR Council of People’s Commissars, political organs, the administration of collecting-transfer points and collection camps in 1944–1946.

Tank Battle near Prokhorovka: Key assessments and judgments in Modern Russian Historiography

The article examines the stereotypes of the course of the Battle of Kursk that have developed at different times, distorting the real historical picture. Various approaches to assessing the significance of the counterattack of the 5th Guards Tank Army near Prokhorovka have been investigated. Some contradictions and gaps of modern historical works are revealed. The article focuses on the exaggeration by the authors of historical works of the role of the new German Tiger tanks in the battles near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943.

“Life is full of hard work alone…”: Alexei Ivanovich Mikhailovsky in the history of Kazan University

The article for the first time presents a biography and considers the circumstances of the tragic death of Alexei Ivanovich Mikhailovsky, a lecturer in English and a compiler of the fundamental three-volume reference book “Teachers who studied and served at the Imperial Kazan University (1804–1904)”. Attention is paid to the conditions of Mikhailovsky’s work on a reference book in connection with the preparations for the 100th anniversary of Kazan University.

A man and his time: The sovereign stolnik Mikhail Fedorovich Oznobishin

The article is devoted to the biography of one of the ordinary serving people of the XVII century Mikhail Fedorovich Oznobishin. The life path of the courtier is considered through the prism of his personal perception of such a moral concept as generic “honor”, which is reflected in the family pedigree compiled by Oznobishin in 1686. For the first time, information is given about some stages of his official career, as well as about the previously unknown voivode of Saratov, who became Oznobishin’s successor at the voivodeship.

Создание и деятельность трудового коллектива на правах артели «Община» при Таганрогском Институте научной организации производства (по материалам таганрогского филиала ГАРО)

В данной статье рассматривается деятельность Таганрогского Института научной организации производства на заключительном этапе существования организации, которая в числе разных направлений ее работы заключалась в создании трудового коллектива на правах артели «Община». Автором были выявлены причины ее создания, показаны основные направления ее работы, а также ее лидеры на основе архивных материалов, хранящихся в таганрогском филиале ГАРО.

Ленинград в структуре научно-технического сотрудничества СССР и СРВ (1976-1983 гг.)

В статье на основе архивных данных анализируется роль Ленинграда в структуре научно-технического сотрудничества СССР и СРВ в 1976-1983 гг. Автор приходит к выводу о высоком качестве результатов деятельности ленинградских учреждений, сотрудничавших с СРВ, успехах руководства Ленинграда в рамках взаимодействия с регионами Вьетнама, вовлеченности большинства крупных промышленных предприятий, ведущих высших образовательных учреждений, проектных и научно-исследовательских организаций города в научно-техническое сотрудничество между СССР и СРВ.

Дискуссия в англоязычной историографии Коммунистического интернационала

В статье рассматривается вопрос о научном споре в англоязычной историографии Коминтерна между представителями двух направлений: традиционалистского и ревизионистского, которые расходятся, главным образом, в вопросе, насколько значительным было влияние Коминтерна на коммунистические партии, насколько серьезной автономией в принятии политических решений они обладали и обладали ли вовсе. Анализируются этапы дискуссии, отмечаются видные представители направлений в различные периоды.

Military aid of the Soviet Union to the National Liberation Movement of Yugoslavia during the World War II

During World War II, the Soviet Union provided large-scale and multifaceted military assistance to the national liberation movement of Yugoslavia. This activity had several main directions, including training of Yugoslav military personnel in the USSR. The second direction was the training of Yugoslav military personnel in the USSR with the simultaneous creation of military formations. Thirdly, the formation of military units and the training of their personnel took place on the territory of Yugoslavia.

Problems of application of historical-anthropological and microhistorical approaches on the example of reconstruction of the feats of signalers in the Battle of Stalingrad

The article deals with the problems of applying the historical-anthropological and microhistorical approaches on the example of the exploits of signalmen in the Battle of Stalingrad. This article is a continuation of the author’s research. In the current study, the question of this type of achievement was considered in more detail. Incorrect variants in the historiography of dating or geographical indications of the places of heroic deeds of signalmen were identified and corrected.

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