Trying to Take a Breather after a Breathless Gallop and Contemplate the Identity of ‘the Russian History Study’ in Korea

This article aims to assess and analyze those articles and books on the Russian history published in 2021 to 2022 in Korea. Up to 2017 there was a slow but steady growth in both quantity and quality of the researches on the Russian history. On the occasion of the year 2017, the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, there was a drastic increase in the research achievements on the Russian history. The early 2020s saw that such a trend didn’t break and its momentum was maintained. 243 pieces of work were produced for the past two years. The remarkable researches were produced in the spheres such as political history, social history, economic history, intellectual history, and art history. In contrast, however, little was produced in some spheres, especially gender history. Further study should be stimulated in those areas in which inertia was observed. Overall, the prospects are far from being bleak, considering the advent of the younger generation of those researchers who delve into the various fresh topics on the Russian history. In the meantime, it is high time to contemplate an important problem concerning the identity of the “Russian” history study. It has been conventional that the studies in the Ukraine history has regarded as a part of the Russian history study. Such a classification will be problematic, given that Ukraine is a sovereign independent state. Some solutions should be groped for anew. A labelling of the “study of East Slavic history” can be a solution to the problem.