{"title":"Modern English-Language Historiography on Challenges to Russian Autocracy During the Crimean War","authors":"R. A. Khaziev","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623090058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623090058","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>The article analyzes noted books written by leading contemporary English-language researchers who offered non-trivial solutions to the scientific and historiographical re-actualization of the most important events of the Crimean War of 1853–1856. The studied array of historiographical sources indicates that the history of the Crimean War, which plays an important role in the collective memory of the Anglo-Saxon world, has evolved by the second decade of the 21 century into a renewed ideology. It focused on the differences between British/European and Russian imperial identities viewed from a hybrid perspective (acculturation, multivariate analysis, ethnopsychology, etc.) in chronicling the military campaign of 1853–1856. This article aims to systematize the latest English-language historiographical sources on the Crimean War, to determine the scientific effectiveness of the research approaches used by scholars, and to outline the direction of possible further research. The examination of the results of studies conducted by English-language scholars on the participation of the Russian Empire in the Crimean War allows us to state that, while different in quality, they are mainly dominated by viewpoints oriented towards advocacy by the authors of the historical interests of their countries with few attempts to reach the level of non-aligned research discourse of “ours and theirs.” These historiographical tendencies are to a greater extent predetermined by the belief well-established in foreign Russian studies that research should conform to the current political trend. This approach sometimes generates the effect of tunnel vision for the complex totality of the Russian imperial archetype that underwent a multifactorial national, subnational and global impact during the Crimean War.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140886039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Underground Warfare in Sevastopol (1854–1855): The Struggle between French and Russian Mine Systems","authors":"S. S. Kurochkin","doi":"10.1134/s101933162309006x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s101933162309006x","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>The course of the struggle between Russian and French sappers in Sevastopol during the Crimean War (1853–1856) is analyzed, and the plans adopted during the fighting for waging an underground war on the part of both besiegers and defenders are studied. The purpose of this article is to study the tactics chosen by Russian and French military engineers to achieve their goals during the siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), to analyze the general results of their confrontation, and to clarify the influence of the underground war on the general course of the siege of the fortress city and on the further development of military engineering science. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the records of both sides (Russian and French combat logs) to identify what information about the enemy the besiegers and the defenders had at various stages of the siege and from what premises they proceeded when making certain decisions in planning their underground work. Both tactical and technical aspects of the confrontation between Russian and French miners are examined, and organizational factors in the construction of countermine systems in front of Russian fortifications are identified that allowed Russian miners to effectively contain French underground work until the end of the siege of the city. It is demonstrated that due to more advanced underground warfare tactics, Russian military engineers, despite the limited technical means available (especially at the initial stages of countermine construction), managed to achieve superiority over the enemy, preventing French sappers from damaging the fortifications of the defensive line on the southern side of Sevastopol.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140885696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming Problems in the Development of the Metallurgical Industry to Ensure the Technological Sovereignty of Russia Considering the State of the Mineral and Raw Material Base","authors":"L. I. Leont’ev, O. V. Zayakin, A. I. Volkov","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623040044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623040044","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>Data on the volumes of imported and exported materials of the metallurgical industry in Russia are presented. The domestic industry, despite the rich mineral resource base, depends on imported supplies for a whole list of ore concentrates, oxides and other compounds, metals, and ferroalloys, as well as for certain grades of steel and metal products, which leads to high risks in the field of the country’s security and sustainable development. The authors analyze the situation associated with the dependence on supplies of ore materials, metals, and alloys from abroad and give examples of promising technological options for the development of domestic production using Russia’s own mineral resource base.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140885692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Documents from Registry Office Archives on the Demographic Situation in the Soviet Village during the Famine of 1932–1933","authors":"V. V. Kondrashin","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623080099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623080099","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>An original and poorly studied source—documents from district civil registry offices—is analyzed. They convincingly testify to famine in rural areas of Lower Volga and Central Volga krais in the early 1930s and to the fact that it was as intensive in Lower Volga districts as in Ukraine. This source proves that the famine was a common tragedy of the peoples of the Soviet Union. Its use is necessary to supplement and concretize knowledge on the issue under consideration in Russian and foreign historiography.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139552694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Number of Russian Troops on the Eve of the Smolensk War (1632–1634): The Enumerative List of 1630 and Compilation of the First National Estimates of Military People","authors":"A. V. Malov","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623080129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623080129","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>This article is focused on a controversial problem in historiography—that of determining the size of the Russian armed forces in the 17th century. It is dedicated to analyzing the enumerative list of 1630 in the work of the clerks of the Order-in-Charge <i>Prikaz</i> [<i>razryadnyi prikaz,</i> a department in charge of higher military and civil administration personnel—<i>Tr.</i>] to compile the earliest surviving nationwide estimate list of military men ready for service and its mobilization potential. The conclusion is substantiated that the enumerative list of 1630 reflected the initial stage of unification in the compilation of statistical reports by the country’s main military department coordinating issues of military development, which was determined by the task of preparing the country for an inevitable war with a formidable and significantly superior enemy.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139552890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gone with the Death…. HOW MANY SOVIET PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR?","authors":"P. M. Polian","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623080130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623080130","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>The evolution of ideas about the losses of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War in their demographic and, separately, political dimensions and contexts is analyzed. The emphasis is placed on the structural nature of these assessments and the importance of resisting their instrumentalization by extrascientific interests.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"113 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140885691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Formation of a Per Capita Population Census System of the Russian Empire in the 18th Century","authors":"N. D. Borshchik","doi":"10.1134/s101933162308004x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s101933162308004x","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>A wide range of issues regarding the mechanism of state registration of subjects of the Russian Empire in the 18th century is covered. It is noted that Peter the Great’s large-scale reforms in all spheres of public life logically showed the imperfection of the then household accounting of the population of the Tsardom of Muscovy. The reasons for the transition to a per capita census of the country’s inhabitants are considered, and the evolution of census accountancy and its complication and improvement throughout the 18th century are traced. The procedure of carrying out “people’s censuses” has been studied. It is shown that the first censuses carried out in the first half of the 18th century were of a transitional nature since they contained features of household descriptions of the population of the Muscovy state. The people’s censuses of the second half of the 18th century were organized on a qualitatively new basis: the survey mechanism was simplified, and unified documentation appeared, uniform for the entire country. It is concluded that demographic information contained in census materials is of critical importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139552688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Population Dynamics of the Largest Cities in Eastern Siberia (1970–1979)","authors":"N. V. Gonina","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623080063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623080063","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>During the period 1970–1979, Krasnoyarsk krai and Irkutsk oblast were undergoing rapid innovative and strategic industrial development, which was a powerful incentive for urban development and the influx of a large number of young migrants from all over the country. Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk are the largest cities in Eastern Siberia and Siberian significant administrative, industrial, and transport centers, which also received an impetus for accelerated growth. However, despite the influx of financial and human resources, the population of Krasnoyarsk was increasing mainly due to natural growth, which was gradually decreasing by the end of the period under review. Irkutsk, on the contrary, owing to the influx of migrants, showed population growth. Thus, we see a reflection of the general processes of the third stage of demographic transition on local material. In addition, observable were nation-wide phenomena related to state social and demographic policies. When analyzing the annual dynamics of the population, we see that the main role in its changes was played by migration flows, which depended on the economic situation. In addition, when comparing the indicators with other major cities and with data for the country as a whole, one can identify specifics in terms of higher birthrates and lower mortality, which indicates the influence of the economic–geographical location and the local sociocultural situation on the pace and quality of the demographic transition processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139552820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Losses of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Great Patriotic War","authors":"G. E. Kornilov","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623080105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623080105","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>Historians of Ukraine have long been debating population losses in World War II. Some of them add the losses that occurred as a result of the accession of territories to the Ukrainian SSR in 1939–1940. Others add deaths from hunger in the postwar years. The authors of the publications, with rare exceptions, present an evaluative construction of reality. There are mainly versions in scientific circulation that propose authorial expert opinions based on fragmentary, mostly uncritically comprehended sources. The heated debate, excessive politicization of the topic of Ukraine’s demographic losses, and significant variation in their assessments indicate that this problem has not been solved. The main causes of this historiographical situation are incorrectly chosen methodological approaches to assessing population losses in 1939–1945 (expansion of historical geographical boundaries (at the expense of Crimean and Zakarpattia oblasts, which were not part of the republic in the period under study and were accessioned after the war) and chronological framework) and problems with research sources. Ukrainian historians and demographers largely ignore historical documents stored in Russian federal archives. The conducted “archival reconnaissance” indicates that the calculations of the demography department of the Central Directorate of the UkSSR State Planning Committee and the Statistical Directorate of the Ukrainian SSR, compiled from the end of 1944 through 1946, are of particular scientific interest. The identified historical sources will make it possible to reliably reconstruct the dynamics and composition of the population and contribute to solving the problem of demographic losses of the Ukrainian SSR in 1941–1945 in the context of the demographic development of the Soviet Union.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139552887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polish Diaspora of Kuban’: Problems of the Formation, Adaptation, and Preservation of National Identity in the Late 18th–First Third of the 20th Centuries","authors":"S. A. Kropachev, A. I. Selitskii","doi":"10.1134/s1019331623080117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s1019331623080117","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><p>The formation of the Polish diaspora in Kuban’ (from the end of the 18th century), its adaptation in the foreign environment, and the preservation of national identity are analyzed. Particularly emphasized is the role of the Roman Catholic Church as a place of manifestation of Polish sociocultural activity and then of Polish public organizations themselves.</p>","PeriodicalId":56335,"journal":{"name":"Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139552665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}