Periodization of the Russian history: problems and their solutions
The article deals with the problems of the periodization of history, which is not only an academic problem, but also a practical one for the state and the world. It stresses that the debatable and exceptional difficulty in defining the universal periodization is not only in different approaches to it, but, to a greater extent, in differences and opposites of the criteria for its creation. It concludes that the periodization of historical science is necessary for both the research and the transfer of knowledge from a lecturer to the students.