Abstract
The article analyzes the role of S.A. Zhebelev’s hypothesis on the Saumacus’ rebellion in the historical discussions of the 1930s. The author comes to the conclusion that the relevance of Zhebelev's work for Soviet historical science consisted not only in the appeal to the popular topic of the class struggle. An important aspect was researching the problem from the ancient history of one of the USSR’s regions, at a time when the request for the formation the Marxist concept of the soviet people’s history was clarified. As a result, Zhebelev's hypothesis was actively used by specialists in Russian history to substantiate the presence of slaveowning formation on the territory of the USSR. Partly, this aspect made this Zhebelev's study so well-known and widespread.
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