Images of Russia in history textbooks: A gender approach

Abstract It is a well-known fact that historical explanation is informed by certain conventions or approaches which change over time. But, together with this, it is quite usual for the historian to draw on assumptions used every day as part of a wider intellectual discourse. A case in point is the question of Russian national identity, which, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, has become both a major topic of debate among intellectuals and also a project for historical research.