Narrating the Soviet Era in Russian School History Textbooks

This study focuses on how Russian history textbooks published between 1992 and 2021 dealt with the topic of the Soviet period (1917-1991).

List of contents

Introduction: School History Textbooks: Mirrors of a Society Part 1: Russian History Textbooks for the Study of the Soviet Period 1. History Education and Textbooks in the USSR 2. Between Innovation and Path Dependency (1992-2000) 3. Government Interventionism or a Search for a Consensus? (2001-2012) 4. Introducing the "Unified" History Textbooks (2013-2022) Part 2: The Soviet Era in Post-Soviet Russian History Textbooks 5. How the First Soviet Decade Was Presented in Post-Soviet Russian History Textbooks 6. Stakes and Costs of "Modernization": The Stalin Era as Portrayed in Post-Soviet Russian History Textbooks

About the author

Olga Konkka, who died in 2022, was Lecturer in Russian Academic Language and Research Methodology (Master's level) at the Institute of Political Studies, Bordeaux, France.

Product details

• Authors: Olga Konkka, Olga (University of Bordeaux Montaigne Konkka
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 10.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032214382
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221438-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Europe, Eastern Europe, European History, First World War, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, Nationalism, HISTORY / Jewish, Colonialism & imperialism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Second World War, The Holocaust, Regional Studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Marxism & Communism, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, HISTORY / Russia / General