Problem of the development of Siberia in Russian historiography at the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries

The article is devoted to the analysis of the debates in Russian historical science at the end of the 19th -first third of the 20th centuries when the problem of the development of Siberia was raised. Based on the method proposed by M.V. Nechkina and D.Ya. Rezun, the author identified an array of historiographic sources, studied their content, outlined the main stages of the discussion, the approaches of researchers and came to the following results. The results of the scientific work indicate that during the discussions held throughout the period under review, their theoretical framework gradually narrowed given the political conjuncture associated with the establishment of the Marxist-Leninistparadigm in historical science, which had a noticeable impact on the topics of further research on the problem raised.