Abstract
The thematic justification of the researched problem comes from the need to identify a family basis, linking generations from parents to children transmitting not only traditions and eternal values, but also scientific knowledge, particularly when this knowledge is not simply accepted and perceived, but also implemented professionally, including as a continuation of the life of older generations. The purpose of the article is to examine and catalogue the materials about the Hvostovs Russian dynasty of historians. They are: a leading historian of antiquity at the beginning of the 20th century Mikhail Mikhailovich Hvostov (1872-1920), his son, a prominent Soviet historian of international relations and foreign policy of Russia, academician Vladimir Mikhailovich Hvostov (1905-1972) and his daughter, the doctor of historical sciences, a leading scientific employee of the Institute of world history, Russian Academy of Sciences, the head of the
Highlights
In modern historical science researchers are increasingly interested in the generations’ representatives of scientific culture, their biographies, and derive interest in creative personality, interpersonal relations and the genre of intellectual biographies of historians appears (Repin, 2001)
This article presents the results indicating conservation and development of scientific traditions in four generations of the Hvostovs dynasty of historians showing the sustained development of historical knowledge in Russia in the XIX-the XX-XXI centuries
It is important to research the heritage of Russian historians, who contributed to the historical studies
Summary
In modern historical science researchers are increasingly interested in the generations’ representatives of scientific culture, their biographies, and derive interest in creative personality, interpersonal relations and the genre of intellectual biographies of historians appears (Repin, 2001). In the national science study, there is an experience of exploring the generational dynasties of chemists, mathematicians, physicists, writers, educators (Watermelons, 1971; Chukovskaya, 2007; Baksht, 2014), but obviously, there are not enough researches about the dynasties of historians. In this regard, national the Hvostovs dynasty of historians, whose scientific activity lasts for more than 170 years, is rather significant. Law and historical spirit hovered in the Hvostovs’ home, so it is not accidentally that a scientific dynasty of this family became the dynasty of historians of three generations. Hvostov (the most representative in chronological aspect), which is in the archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) is still poorly studied and slightly put into scientific circulation
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