Vol 18, No 2/2 (2012)

 In the article the current state of regional historical science on agrarian history of Russia is considered. The author focuses attention on key and disputable points at issue of historiography of the problem.

The problem of periodization of revolutionary process in Russia is considered in the article. The author suggests to use possibilities of analysis of mass moods in the USSR in 1920ies years for definition of recreation component of the crisis. After analysis the contents of information reports of regional departments of OGPU, the author comes to conclusion that the formalization of idea of social equalization in addition to struggle for purity of local party and state administration will promote to the legitimization of power in peasant consciousness.

The article is about one of the episodes of Moscow-Nogay relationships in the mid-1550-ies, when on the own initiative of bii Ismail there were negotiations about the necessity of permanent Russian military presence in strategic regions of the lower Volga.

The article deals with living and scientific feat of A.I. Mankiev who being in Swedish captivity created one of the most famous works on Russian history in the XVIII century. The manuscripts of his work «The Core of Russian History» were widespread, two of them have been found and studied in Samara Regional Scientific Library. These manuscripts are the evidence of interest to the Russian history among educated people of that time.

The article proves that school reforms were an essential part of modernization processes in Russia in the XVIIIth - first part of the XIXth century and got great importance in politics of Russian absolutism and social conscience.

New information on the history of landlord farming of the Middle Volga Region and Urals Region are found in the attachments to the newspaper «Orenburg Province News» that were specifically published in 1861, before the abolition of serfdom. The material on Menzelinsky Uyezd, modern eastern Tatarstan, the story of landlord farming is almost not studied. This unique data on the economy and personal composition of the noblemen-landlords, the list contains a complete list of estates of Menzelinsky Uyezd.

In the article the state of peasant religiousness in conditions of modernization process in the late XIXth-early XXth centuries is viewed; the factors that contributed to the evolution of the content of religious beliefs are singled out. On the materials of various sources the author shows displays of secularization public consciousness.

The paper discusses the history of preparation and main points of Socialist-Revolutionary party draft program. At 1906, the first party congress approved this draft program with some corrections as the party program. After October 1917, Bolsheviks for tactical reasons «adopted» the program of land socialization, created by Social-Revolutionary party.

 In the article the process of legislative legalization of Soviet power in the center and on places after the dissolution of the Constituent assembly and consolidation of councils of working and soldier’s deputies with peasant councils is analyzed.

 In the article the basic directions of research activity of scientists medics aimed at working out new methods of medical treatment, bacterial drugs and their introduction in medical practice are viewed.

The article is devoted to the role of party and soviet authorities who made a significant contribution to speeding up geological exploration of diamonds in 40-50-ies of the XXth century which resulted successfully in discovery of the first primary deposits of this precious stone in our country.

The article discusses the phenomenon of «the other» («other») in historical research. Special attention is paid to the destruction of positivist settings in the description of the past, according to which the human past is quite possible to project modern consciousness.

The peculiarities of privacy in Soviet society in 1920-1940s on the base of archive and published data are viewed in the article.

The paper deals with socio-practical experience functions analysis. Due the explication of named phenomenon the author puts forward special criteria for classification of this experience. The first criterion enables to define in general terms the social goal of historical experience; the second - to reveal concrete technologies related to this experience impact upon the sociopolitical reality.

The article is devoted to comprehend of a role of historical idea in a sociopolitical life of a society. In this work «the historical consciousness» is proved the status of concept. As a specify definition of this term such categories as «experience of people», «traditions of a history» are analyzed. The special attention is given functions of historical consciousness in socio-historical practice.