Изучение Поместного Собора 1917–1918 гг. и региональных (окружных) соборов 1918–1920 гг. в современной российской историографии

Abstract

The author of the paper analyses modern scientific works in which the All-Russian Local Council 1917–1918 is examined. Moreover, the historiography of the regional (district) councils that took place in the Russian Church during the Local Council and the Civil war (All-Ukranian in Kyiv, Siberian in Tomsk, South-Eastern in Stavropol and also the attempt to convene the Council in the Far East), is researched. The author also talks about the key book series and publishing projects that have been accomplished during the last two decades. In the frames of these projects the representing and the investigation of the 1917–1918 Local Council’s herritage have been carried out. The works of individual scientists are discussed briefly, first of all of those historians who have their one views and their own approach on the place of the Local Council in the history of Russia and Russian Church. Achievements and failures in publishing Council heritage are assessed.