{"title":"On Paradigms of Systematic Acquisition and Changing Family Names (Surnames) in Clerical Academies in the Riazan’ Diocese","authors":"A. V. Azovtsev","doi":"10.1163/22102388-01100002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-01100002","url":null,"abstract":"The article analyzes the processes of assigning surnames to seminarians and students of clerical academies in Riazan’ diocese – processes initiated by administrators of these institutions in the first half of the nineteenth century. The essay seeks to determine the motives, methods and consequences of these efforts to assign surnames, and to gauge changes in these efforts over time.","PeriodicalId":404566,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126992160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"(Re)Discovering George Vernadsky","authors":"C. Halperin","doi":"10.1163/22102388-01100006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-01100006","url":null,"abstract":"Andrei Dvornichenko’s impressive Russkii istorik. Georgii Vernadskii. Puteshestviia v mire liudei, idei i sobytii is the first biography of the Russian émigré historian of Russia who was one of the founding fathers of the study of Russian history in the United States. Dvornichenko’s book surveys Vernadsky’s life and prodigious scholarly output in detail. It is now the standard work on the subject. Anyone interested in the Russian emigration, Russian historiography, or Russian history in general should read this monograph.","PeriodicalId":404566,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography","volume":"395 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124358066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scholarly Families of Odessa Historians (XIX – First Third of XX Century): Typology, Periodization, Personnel, Peculiarities","authors":"V. Levchenko","doi":"10.1163/22102388-01100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-01100005","url":null,"abstract":"This article analyzes the genesis and role of fifteen families of historians from the nineteenth- to the early twentieth century. It identifies these families, periodizes their appearance and advances a typology for their study; the article concludes by characterizing their scholarly activities, teaching and research in the century since their origins.","PeriodicalId":404566,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130104706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Crane Slavic Lectures at the University of Chicago","authors":"P. Tribunskii","doi":"10.1163/22102388-01100004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-01100004","url":null,"abstract":"The article analyses the organization and impact of Slavic Lectures at the University of Chicago, endowed by the industrialist and philanthropist Charles Richard Crane. It explores the place of these lectures in the history of Russian Studies in the United States, and assesses the significance of personal contacts between Crane and scholars from Russia and the Czech lands.","PeriodicalId":404566,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126572208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Joseph Brodsky: Discovering America","authors":"Samuel C. Ramer, Evgeniia Sergeevna Semenova","doi":"10.1163/22102388-01100007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-01100007","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the Nobel Laureate Russian poet Joseph Brodsky’s life and work in the United States following his emigration from Russia in 1972. The article devotes particular attention to the poems and essays he wrote in emigration and his strongly held views on poetry and the poet’s craft. It also portrays his engagement with American society, American letters, and his role in the cultural life of the United States.","PeriodicalId":404566,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography","volume":"290 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131458926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}