Russian History in Foreign Scientific Journals: Evolution of Approaches and Points of View
The article examines the extent to which academic journals refl and form the direc- tions of Russian studies (Russian area studies) using the example of three scientifi journals (The Russian Review, Slavic Review and Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History). Obvious- ly, both earlier and now these three magazines are the leaders in the fi of Russian area studies. Since it is not possible to analyze publications throughout Russia’s history in one article, the author focuses only on fi decades of Soviet history. At the same time, only works on the political and social history of the USSR fall into the focus of attention. Such important spheres of life of the So- viet state and society as economics, culture, foreign policy, religion, national relations, etc. are not included in this research. What is the degree of evolution in the methodological approaches of the editorial offi of these journals, beginning with the era of the Cold War (the time of the creation of the fi two journals)? The main attention is paid to the fi 15 years of the 21st century, when the journal Kritika was recreated in a new format, which, in the author’s assessment, took the leading place in modern foreign Russian studies, largely determining the direction and methodology of modern research.