STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT AND HISTORIOGRAPHY ON THE BALKAN WARS 1912 ­1913 Cover Image

ФАЗЕ У РАЗВОЈУ РУСКЕ ДРУШТВЕНО­ПОЛИТИЧКЕ МИСЛИ И ИСТОРИОГРАФИЈЕ О БАЛКАНСКИМ РАТОВИМА 1912–1913. ГОДИНЕ
STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT AND HISTORIOGRAPHY ON THE BALKAN WARS 1912 ­1913

Author(s): Igor N. Grebenkin
Subject(s): Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Balkan Wars 1912 – 1913; Russia; USSR; politics; historiography

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the author focuses firstly on the development of the attitudes of Russian social and political society circles towards the Balkan wars 1912 – 1913. He stresses the nationalistic approach of the Russian right wing parties and revolutionary approach of those of the left. The attitudes of V.I. Lenin and L.D. Trotsky are specially analyzed. During the Soviet period this issue was discussed for the first time on the scientific and academic levels but within Marxist approach to historiography. The wars in ex Yugoslavia during the 1990's attracted great attention to the issue again. According to the author the main characteristics of this period was unscientific approach to the topic. Within Contemporary Russian historiography there were several serious scientific researches conducted by top Russian scientific institutions such as Institute of General History and Institute of Slavonic Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences and the Military History Institute that brought new interpretations of the Balkan wars based on the archival research and recently found documents.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 185-198
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English