From the Older Generation of Irkutsk Historians. Yuri Alexandrovich Petrushin: 70 Years since Birth

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Professor Yu. A. Petrushin’s birth, a famous Irkutsk historian. The text includes description of the main stages of his life, including his scientific and pedagogical activity. The main directions of the scientist's research are considered in the article, such as historiography and methodology of Russian history, the history of the Siberian village and the repressive policy of the Soviet state. The main monographic works of Professor Petrushin, which include his views on the problems of the resettlement of peasants to Siberia from the center of Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century, were reviewed. The assessments made by scientist regarding collective farm construction, industrialization of industry in the 1930s and socio-economic development of the region in the Soviet period of our country's history were also in focus of the authors’ attention. The article emphasizes the role of Historical Faculty of Irkutsk State University, where Petrushin’s development as a historian took place.