Authors
- Amanzholova Dina A. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Russian Federation Moscow
Annotation
The purpose of the study is to analyze the specifics of modern historiography devoted to the Soviet past of the former republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. The relevance of its study is associated with intensive processes in the theoretical, methodological and substantive rethinking of significant events in Soviet history that played a fundamental role in the fate of the peoples of the Central Asian region. It is shown that the specificity of approaches to them is determined by the main trends of historical policy, which differ in Russian, Central Asian, and Western historiography, and by the nature of international cooperation between representatives of scientific communities. The key problem blocks characteristic of these groups of historical literature are highlighted, common and special features are identified, the main achievements and difficulties of interpreting the Soviet past, and the importance of “decolonial discourse” in post-Soviet historiography. In the Russian Federation, Moscow and St. Petersburg stand out, as well as regional centers with more active attention to Russia’s closest neighbors in the south. The study of the Soviet project in the republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan is carried out in the context of all-Union and foreign policy issues. The interests of Russian historians are focused on the key directions, content, political and socio-cultural significance of Soviet modernization using traditional and modern methodological tools. The historiography of the republics of Central Asia and Kazakhstan is strongly influenced by Western theoretical and methodological approaches and focuses on the victimization of historical memory, which dictates a selective approach to the choice of topics and directions. Neocolonial discourse has gained popularity, with a noticeable decrease in theoretical and methodological equipment and ethnocentrism. Western and Japanese historical literature initiates and supports similar historiographical practices. The analysis of the region’s Soviet past in Chinese historiography differs in the specifics of the choice of subjects, chronological periods and intraregional accents. The conclusion is made about the ambivalent state of the research of the Soviet project, the influence of historiography on solving the problems of nation-building in the post-Soviet countries of Central Asia.
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Amanzholova, D. A. (2026). THE SPECIFICS OF MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE SOVIET PAST OF THE REPUBLICS OF CENTRAL ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 2 (62), 143. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9105-2026-262-143-157
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