The North on the Pages of Encyclopediс Editions on the Civil War in Russia: Problems of Interpretation and Representation

Annotation

The article characterizes the study of the Civil War in Russia at the present stage in connection with the centenary of this epoch. The author points out the most important research projects implemented in Russia and abroad. The article summarizes the research results and reviews the current state of historiography of the Civil War and intervention in the Russian North. The author presents an overview of the consideration of problems and events of this epoch in Northern Russia in the Russian encyclopedias about the Civil War. The article gives a detailed critical analysis of the key problems of the Civil War in the North of Russia and the life of this region, its population on the pages of 3-volumes encyclopedia “Russia in the Civil War”, issued in Moscow in 2021. In contrast to simplistic representations and distortions of facts, the author reveals the real processes that took place on the northern territories of Russia during the dramatic era of Civil War, reflects on the prospects of further research.

About authors

Vladislav I. Goldin, Dr. Sci. (Hist.), Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation
v.i.goldin@yandex.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1439-6267
Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russia

Keywords

history, historiography, Civil War, intervention, North of Russia, Russian North, Northern Region, Russia, Entente

DOI

10.37482/issn2221-2698.2023.50.234

UDC

94''1918/1922''(470)(045)