Радянська історична наука 1950–1960-х рр. у баченні зарубіжних дослідників

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to conduct a historiographical analysis of the scientifi c achievements of foreign scholars (on the example of representatives of English-speaking countries) on the development of Soviet historical science during this chronological period with emphasis on the characteristics of the overall picture of its development and features of this process. The research methodology is based on the scientifi c principles of historicism, objectivity, and systematicity. Special historical methods were used: problem-chronological, historiographical analysis and synthesis, etc. Th e scientifi c novelty. In recent years, imagological studies have been developing quite rapidly in Ukraine, the historical direction of imagology is being formed, and so on. Th e studies of English-speaking scholars of the 1950s and 1960s on the development of Soviet historical science have led to clarifi cation of certain aspects, including a critical rethinking of their interpretation of its image. Conclusions. Th e issue of Soviet historiography was in the circle of meticulous attention of foreign historians in the 1950s and 1960s. Th e vast majority of these studies emphasized the total dependence of Soviet colleagues on the current regime, the transformation of historical science into an instrument of propaganda of “Soviet values”, and in this connection, its decline was noted. During this period, attempts were made to establish scientifi c contacts between Soviet and foreign historians from English-speaking countries, most of which did not have a fruitful continuation, as the ruling ideology did not approve of this practice and even considered it a threat to the current regime. Eff ective cooperation in historical science took place only with the member states of the Warsaw Pact (WTO), controlled by the USSR.