Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Pokrovskii and his Teachers -- 1Family Background -- 2Kliuchevskii -- 3Pokrovskii’s Relations with Kliuchevskii -- 4Vinogradov -- 5Vinogradov’s Historical Views -- 6 Readings in Medieval History -- 7

Focusing on the career of the Soviet historian M.N. Pokrovskii, the author examines the evolution of historical writing in the first decade of Soviet rule. As Deputy People’s Commissar for Education, Pokrovskii was among those who established th

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