Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.108
V. Moskovkin
The article outlines a career path of a famous writer, novelist and writer-geographer, Nikolai Nikolayevich Mikhailov. It reveals that he was be a professional geographer, which previously hasn’t been recognized, who taught Economic Geography at Moscow universities, headed the Department of Economic Geography at the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers and received the degree of Candidate of Geographical Sciences for a book on the Far East published in 1940. The role of M. Gorky and his journal “Our Achievements” in the development of N. N. Mikhailov as a writer-geographer is demonstrated. The study of the memoirs of N. N. Mikhailov and the leading Soviet economic geographer N. N. Baranskii allowed to restore the episodes of the former’s activities in Alma-Ata during the evacuation, including the unsuccessful defense of his doctoral thesis in 1948. The role of the leading Soviet physical geographer, Director of the Institute of Geography, A. A. Grigoriev, in the defense of two dissertations by N. N. Mikhailov is established as well. His English-language books published abroad, unknown to Russian specialists in geography and history, are analyzed and introduced into scholarship. For the first time, the preface by the famous geographer and geopolitician Halford Mackinder, written for the first edition of the book by N. N. Mikhailov “Soviet Geography” (1935), is translated into Russian. That publication paved the way all the further English-language books of the author, which were practically the only sources of information for Western readers in the field of the grandiose changes on the geographical map of the country of the Soviets. On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the death of this remarkable writer and geographer, the articles puts forward proposals to perpetuate his name.
这篇文章概述了著名作家、小说家和作家兼地理学家尼古拉·尼古拉耶维奇·米哈伊洛夫的职业道路。他曾在莫斯科大学教授经济地理学，担任莫斯科交通工程学院经济地理系主任，并于1940年出版了一本关于远东的书，获得地理科学研究生学位。本文论证了高尔基和他的杂志《我们的成就》在米哈伊洛夫作为作家兼地理学家的发展过程中所起的作用。通过研究n·n·米哈伊洛夫(N. N. Mikhailov)和苏联著名经济地理学家n·n·巴兰斯基(N. N. Baranskii)的回忆录，可以还原前者在大撤退期间在阿拉木图的活动，包括1948年为他的博士论文辩护失败的经历。苏联主要的自然地理学家、地理研究所所长a·a·格里戈里耶夫在为n·n·米哈伊洛夫的两篇论文辩护中所起的作用也得以确立。他在国外出版的英文书籍，不为俄罗斯地理和历史专家所知，被分析并引入学术研究。著名地理学家和地缘政治学家哈尔福德·麦金德为n·n·米哈伊洛夫的《苏联地理学》(1935)第一版所写的序言第一次被翻译成俄文。这本书的出版为作者后来的所有英文书籍铺平了道路，这些书籍实际上是西方读者在苏联国家地理地图上的巨大变化方面的唯一信息来源。在这位杰出的作家和地理学家逝世40周年前夕，文章提出了使他的名字永垂不朽的建议。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.109
B. N. Mironov
In 1938–1989, Supreme Soviets of the USSR and Union Republics were the successors of the Congresses of Soviets and performed the same functions assigned to them by the ruling party — to approve and convert the decisions of the Сommunist Party into laws, to support the policy pursued by the party and the government, to legitimize the existing regime. The Soviets performed these functions quite successfully due to the fact that the deputy corps included people from all social groups loyal to the regime and at the same time influential, authoritative, and well-known throughout the country. A simple Soviet citizen believed in the deputies and the real power of the Supreme Soviets, thanks to which the Soviets, having no real power, had great symbolic power, which allowed them until 1989 to maintain the trust of the people in the Soviet system and the communist project. In 1938–1989, the composition of the deputies of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR and the union republics underwent important changes: there was an in increase in the proportion of workers and peasants, women, educated people, and people of mature and senior age; the proportion of employees, Russians and semi-literate people decreased. The deputies’ corps became more balanced in all respects and significantly more educated, but members and candidates of the Communist Party, men, employees, intellectuals, functionaries, were still overrepresented, and non-party workers, peasants and Russians were underrepresented. In general, the deputy corps was comprised of the elite; the Supreme Soviets of the Union and Autonomous Republics — of the national elite of the titular peoples. They were not professional politicians, as in Western parliaments, but the elite. For the majority of deputies, activity in the Soviets was not the main profession, but an honorable part-time job on a voluntary basis.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.212
R. Sokolov, I. Smirnova
Despite the abundance of researches into the question of the relationship between the Soviet government and the Orthodox Church, there still remain unexplored lacunae. One of them is the relationship of power with the clergy of the Court. The clergy, which was part of the Ministry of the Imperial Court, was abolished in January 1918, a few days before the Decree on Separation of Church from State was issued. This chronological discrepancy had its own reason. First of all, the clergy was connected with the fate of the Ministry, and, like a number of its subdivisions, fell under the control of the People’s Commissariat of Property of the Republic. Despite the generally accepted opinion about the exceptionally consistent anti-religious policy of the authorities, in March 1918 the leadership of the People’s Commissariat of Property issued a decree on the return to the clergy of part of the capital alienated by the January decree. This article examines this document and its appendices, which were not previously published, and also analyzes the possible reasons for the emergence of such a document, which contradicts the general course aimed at combating the church and religion carried out at that time on the national level.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.101
M. Suprun
The article deals with the place of Svalbard in the strategy of opposing coalitions during the Second World War in the various stages of the war. Since 1939 until the Tehran Conference, the main strategy of the Anti-Hitler Coalition had been the British strategy of “tightening the ring”. Therefore, the Arctic in the frame of this strategy was considered to be an important segment of the “ring”, and Svalbard — as the ice shore of the “channel” through which the route of the northern convoys ran, and the main battles of the war at sea took place. With the adoption of the new coalition strategy of “direct action” in 1943, the role of Svalbard changed accordingly. In the global warfare strategy, this role became auxiliary. At the same time, as the war was nearing its end, the archipelago obtained a special significance in the national defense doctrines of the circumpolar states as well as in the post-war world order, in particular, in the Soviet doctrine of “creating a belt of friendly states” and in the Norwegian strategy of “building bridges”. In accordance with the changes in the main coalition strategy and national doctrines of the Arctic states, the article examines military operations in the archipelago as well as the policy of these states towards Svalbard at the end of war. In this regard, it is noted that during those military operations not only the liberation of the Norwegian territory was accomplished but also a direct military cooperation between Norway and the USSR. On the basis of the recently declassified documents, the author examines the role of Svalbard in the constructing of the post-war Europe, in particular, in solving the so called “Polish question”, in abandoning operation “Unthinkable”, and in establishing a zone of “limited forms and purposes for military activity” in Northern Norway bordering the USSR.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.115
M. Y. Krapivin, E. N. Metelkin
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.112
E. A. Fedosov
The aim of the article is to reveal and to elaborate on the figurative and symbolic frameworks in visualization of the topic of space in the Soviet print propaganda of 1957–1965 as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of the information and propaganda campaign in terms of public political sentiments. The source base is made up of several thousand of posters, caricatures, cartoons, and other thematic illustrations. The context of their creation, semantics, and distribution are reconstructed by means of bibliographic analysis and content-analytical methods. Analysis of personal sources (diary entries, memoirs, and “letters to the authorities”) is used to describe of the presence of the theme of space in everyday life. Visual propaganda embraced space in relation to almost all key aspects of the life of Soviet people through 1) political ideals; 2) self-identification as belonging to a particular entity; 3) a sense of active personal responsibility for the country; 4) understanding the USSR’s global role during the Cold War. In general, initially there were a genuine interest, pride for the country, and no rejection of propagandistic campaign about the space exploration. However, at the end of the period, some aspects were treated with skepticism due to a lack of novelty in the coverage of events and presence of problems in other fields. At the same time, visual propaganda contextually matched the Soviet citizens’ opinions, and some of them participated in creation of the “space” pictures, that indicate the audience’s attention to visual content. Anyway, its ideological role gradually underwent transformation from ideological to routine meaning.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.207
I. Magadeev
The article aims to define the content and the peculiarities of the position held by E. V. Tarle during the active discussions on the “French question” in the so-called ‘Litvinov commission’ of the Soviet Foreign Office. On the basis of the new evidence from the Archives of the Foreign policy of the Russian Federation, the author compares two Tarle’s roles: the one of the historian interested in the French studies for a long period and that of the foreign policy advisor whom he became exactly during the Great Patriotic war. The author concludes that the notions made by Tarle as a historian and as a foreign policy advisor were often not similar. Being a proponent of the affinity between the Russian and French interests on the pages of his historical studies, in 1943–1944, under the influence of critical stance of the Soviet leadership and diplomacy on the “French question” Tarle adopted a tougher position. He was skeptical about the revival of France as a Great Power and prioritized the relations with Washington and London over those with Paris. Being a part of the academic elite of the Stalin’s USSR and having the experience of the exile, he was ready to fit into the dominant consensus defined from above and acknowledged the limitation for his freedom of maneuver as an expert and adviser. At the same time, Tarle continued pursuing high academic standards, carefully hinted on the volatility of the international situation, and was respected by his French colleagues.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.211
I. Begum
The research aims to explore the causes of Russian reassertion in Afghanistan and delves into its impact on the peace process. Russia has a deep-rooted history in Afghanistan. At the peak of its power, it sent troops to Kabul to protect the communist regime but faced strong resistance from the Afghan people. The Soviet- backed Afghan regime and the Soviet forces tried to control the insurgency for ten years; eventually, it had to pull back all troops from Afghanistan. The extended engagement in Kabul worsened internal conditions in Russia which attempted to prevent them from the Afghan scenario. During the brief period of the government of Mujahedeen and later, under the rule of the Taliban*, it was concerned by the rise of Islamic militancy in Afghanistan that emerged as a peril for Russia and the Central Asian states where Moscow aspired to maintain a soft influence. The 9/11 incident transformed the political approach of the world community. The paper analyses the reasons for Russian support of the US in the war against terrorism, and Russian coordination with Central Asian states to facilitate the US in utilizing military bases of the former Soviet Union for the first time. Russia re-opened its embassy in Kabul in 2007. After two years, it endorsed a new strategy of the US President in Afghanistan based upon a troop surge, a withdrawal plan, and reconciliation with the moderate Taliban*. Russia also formed a multi-dimensional policy towards Afghanistan. Kremlin developed ties with the Afghan government as well as diplomatic engagement with the Taliban*. A hypothesis is made that due to the assertive Russian role in Afghanistan, the US had to speed up the peace process which resulted in the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.216
S. V. Shebalkov
The review gives a detailed analysis of М. А. Vasilchenko’s monograph devoted to the problem of the revolt against the Soviet power by the units of the Volga (Penza) group of the Czechoslovak Corps in spring — autumn 1918. The theme of the Czechoslovak Corps’ revolt and its subsequent participation in the Russian Civil War usually causes ambiguous reception. The author of the monograph skillfully used a wide range of sources, including the materials in the Czech language. It enabled him to reconstruct the details of the military operations, identify the features of the everyday life of Czechoslovak legionnaires, as well as the ways of their interaction with anti-Bolshevik forces. In addition to the independent military operations of the Volga Group, the book describes the joint actions of the Czechoslovak forces and the People’s Army of Komuch. Some aspects presented in the monograph, for example, the procedure of the election of delegates to the first congress of the Czechoslovak Corps in Cheliabinsk, were studied in detail for the first time. The key feature of M. A. Vasilchenko’s research is the ambition to show the events through the perspective of the leadership of the Czechoslovak Corps, which determined the specificity of the final conclusions. The author justifiably notes that the Volga Group didn’t instigate the hostilities and points out that the Soviet government was also accountable for the unleashing of the revolt. The weaknesses of the research include the author’s insufficient coverage of the problem of Czechoslovak terror and the interaction of legionnaires with the local population of the Volga cities. Despite some omissions, the monograph makes a valuable contribution to the study of the Czechoslovak Corps’ revolt in the Middle Volga region.
本文对М进行了详细的分析。А。瓦西里琴科的专著致力于1918年春秋捷克斯洛伐克军团伏尔加(奔萨)部队反抗苏维埃政权的问题。捷克斯洛伐克军团的起义及其随后参与俄国内战的主题通常会引起模棱两可的接受。该专著的作者巧妙地使用了广泛的资源，包括捷克语的材料。这使他能够重建军事行动的细节，识别捷克斯洛伐克军团士兵的日常生活特征，以及他们与反布尔什维克部队的互动方式。除了伏尔加集团的独立军事行动外，这本书还描述了捷克斯洛伐克部队和科穆奇人民军的联合行动。在专著中提出的一些方面，例如在车里雅宾斯克举行的捷克斯洛伐克军团第一届代表大会的选举程序，是第一次详细研究。M. A. Vasilchenko的研究的关键特征是通过捷克斯洛伐克军团领导层的视角来展示事件的野心，这决定了最终结论的特殊性。作者合理地指出，伏尔加集团并没有煽动敌对行动，并指出苏联政府也要为发动叛乱负责。这项研究的弱点包括作者对捷克斯洛伐克恐怖问题的报道不足，以及退伍军人与伏尔加河各城市当地居民的相互作用。尽管有一些遗漏，但该专著对研究捷克斯洛伐克军团在中伏尔加河地区的叛乱做出了宝贵的贡献。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.21638/spbu24.2023.308
I. A. Anfertiev
Using the methods of interpreting historical sources, the article analyzes the memorandum of one of the leaders of the “Workers’ Opposition” G. I. Myasnikov, sent to the Central Committee of the RCP(b) on the eve of the X Party Congress. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that referring to the source analysis of the memorandum allows us to expand the chronological framework of the initial stage of the formation of the workers’ opposition movement within the RCP(b), to attribute its origin to the middle of 1920, about six months before the end of the X Party Congress, at which, As you know, factional activity in the RCP(b) was officially banned. In the memorandum of G. I. Myasnikov, according to the researcher, various aspects of the intra-party struggle for power between a group of emigrants led by V. I. Lenin and those members of the RCP(b) with pre-revolutionary experience who were subjected to repression for revolutionary activities in the Russian Empire are reflected, served their sentences in prisons and hard labor. The study reveals the desire of the opposition leader to enlist support not only within the ruling RCP(b), but also outside it, among the “deprived” of power working class. In the memorandum of G. I. Myasnikov, according to the researcher, various aspects of the intra-party struggle for power between a group of emigrants led by V. I. Lenin and those members of the RCP(b) with pre-revolutionary experience who were subjected to repression for revolutionary activities in the Russian Empire are reflected, served their sentences in prisons and hard labor.
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