Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: In the historiography of Russian history, various aspects of the historical legacy of Klyuchevsky have been studied: his philosophical, pedagogical historical ideas, including the problem of the religious schism of the Russian Orthodox Church. However, the study of the historian's concept of the Old Believers was carried out without comparing his views with the views of representatives of the main trends in the historiography of the schism of the second half of the 19th century. Meanwhile, the theoretical and methodological views and achievements of historians of the older generation largely determined the subject, method and teaching of Klyuchevsky in his works on the schism. Without comparing his views with the teachings of historians who contributed to the study of the problem, it is difficult to judge the achievements, strengths and weaknesses of the scientist's concept of the Old Believers. The purpose of this work is to analyze Klyuchevsky teaching on the schism by correlating it with the views of historians of the church-protective, democratic trends and the state school, as well as to identify the place of this concept in the historiography of the Old Believers of the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries. Klyuchevsky work was interdisciplinary, containing historical, historiographical and psychological aspects. In his studies of the schism, he followed the path of theoretical polymorphism, self-limitation, avoided a clearly expressed and consistently implemented “philosophy of history”, and leaned towards “soft Westernism”.
Author: Alexander S. Madzharov
Institution: Baikal State University
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7220656362