Soviet Historiography from 1917 to 1953, Devoted to the Impact of the Mongol-Tatar Yoke on the Sociopolitical Institutions of the Principalities of Northeastern Rus’
https://doi.org/10.56654/ROPI-2026-1(18)-22-41
Abstract
This article analyzes Soviet historiography covering the period 1917–1953, focusing on the impact of the Mongol-Tatar yoke on northeastern Rus’. It charts the evolution of Soviet historians’ views from the early stages of the Marxist school, dominated by the ideological postulates of M.N. Pokrovsky and the formational approach, to a more profound under-standing of the Mongol-Tatar yoke in the works of renowned researchers such as A.N. Nasonov, B.D. Grekov, A.Yu. Yakubovsky, and others. The article reflects the main approaches to the yoke’s perception by Soviet scholars at this stage of historical development, who, despite the political climate, managed to maintain the high quality and originality of their research, largely thanks to the continuity of pre-revolutionary historiography.
About the Author
V. V. Politov
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Moscow State Linguistic University”;
State Budgetary Educational Institution “School No. 1517”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vitaly V. Politov, CandSc (Hist.), Lecturer of Department of Historical Sciences and Archives Studies, Institute of Humanities and Applied Sciences, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Moscow State Linguistic University”, teacher of State Budgetary Educational Institution “School No. 1517”
Moscow
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Politov V.V. Soviet Historiography from 1917 to 1953, Devoted to the Impact of the Mongol-Tatar Yoke on the Sociopolitical Institutions of the Principalities of Northeastern Rus’. Russia: Society, Politics, History. 2026;(1(18)):22-41. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.56654/ROPI-2026-1(18)-22-41
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