Abstract
The article presents the academic activities and methodological approaches of Russian historians
Mikhail Pokrovsky (1868–1932) and David Riazanov (1870–1938) who worked in a difficult
political climate. They both had their own criteria of objectivity in history and held their own
political views. They shared the reality of Bolshevism, although their concepts of interpreting his-
tory clashed with Bolshevist ways of thinking. Bolshevism practices and beliefs required drastic
adjustments in academic studies, in particular in the social sciences. The article focuses on the
interactions between the governing party and Pokrovsky Riazanov.
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