The Russo-Ottoman War (1877 – 1878) In Russian Historiography
The Russo-Ottoman War (1877 – 1878) In Russian Historiography

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is the analysis and classification of the variety of historical and historiographical sources regarding the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877 – 1878. The authors compare three different kinds of war-study methodology used in prerevolutionary, Soviet and post-Soviet periods. One of the aims of this article is to present socio-political and ideological reasons which might explain a special attitude towards the Russo-Ottoman War (1877 – 1878) at different times in Russian history. The main problems of the Russo-Ottoman War itself as well as political aspects of it have been deeply studied by Russian and Soviet historians and are presented in this article. An extended prerevolutionary, Soviet and post-Soviet bibliography of the Russo-Ottoman War (1877 – 1878) has been attached to the article.

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