La Première Guerre mondiale dans les manuels russes

Abstract

First World War in Modern Russian History Textbooks. The paper investigates the way World War I is dealt with in Russian universities and schools. It reviews schoolbooks and university textbooks written by V. V. Artemov and Y. N. Lubchenkov, V. V. Fortunatov, D. I. Oleynikov, A. S. Orlov and others, some of which may be accessed online. Other ways of getting knowledge about World War I events are lectures, as well as various workshop teaching tools such as discussing feature or documentary films, or studying authentic supports, such as letters and memoirs. Also some questionnaires are used in order to assess the knowledge about WWI. In these commemoration years many students become aware of insufficient knowledge about such an important subject. Many gaps in WWI history studies are yet to be filled.