The conception of Synergetics and the idea of the alternative character of historical development: new possibilities and perspectives of interdisciplinary connection
The article reveals basic stages of the development of Synergetics as a new interdisciplinary scientific approach as well as the ideas of the alternative character of historical development. It underlines that they influenced greatly on the development of Cliometrics as one of the directions of historical research in the Russian historical science. It is mentioned that "the conjunctive character" nowadays is reflected in Cliodynamics which is one more quite new interdisciplinary direction.