N2 - 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. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/102445/PDF-MASTER/Historyka%2047_14%20WITCZAK.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/102445 PY - 2017 IS - tom 47 KW - historycy KW - rzeczywistość radziecka KW - państwo KW - dorobek naukowy KW - bolszewizm A1 - Witczak, Jan Krzysztof PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział PAN w Krakowie PB - Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego T1 - Michaił N. Pokrowski i Dawid B. Riazanow. Historycy a bolszewizm UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/102445 T2 - Historyka Studia Metodologiczne