V. I. Goldin. The Russian Civil War in the Pages of the New Multi-Volume Academic
“History of Russia” // Petersburg Historical Journal, no. 1, 2026, pp. 276–283.

DOI: 10.51255/2311–603X_2026_1_276

Abstract:

The article reveals the concept and results of the work on the 12th volume “Civil War in Russia.
1917–1922” of the 20-volume academic “History of Russia”. The composition of the author team of this edition is described, as well as its structure, concept, methodology, and key ideas. It is emphasized, that this volume is based on a systematic and interdisciplinary approach to understanding the Civil War era. This allowed examining this war not only as a military, military-political, and socio-political phenomenon, but also through a deep analysis of social and economic processes, national and interethnic relations, demography, culture, and spirituality, in their close and organic relationship, using methods and approaches from various sciences. The
article describes the unique phenomenon of the Russian Civil War as a complex, multifaceted, and multilateral event, as a series of wars and various conflicts and confrontations. The Civil War is characterized in an inextricable relationship with the international armed intervention of two military-political coalitions and separate states, as well as other forms and types of foreign interference. This epoch is revealed as the greatest drama and tragedy of Russian statehood, the people, and society. The author analyzes the results and historical lessons of the Russian Civil War, as well as the problems of historical memory about it. The article describes how a new academic edition about the Russian Civil War has been received by experts and the scientific
community.

Key words: academic edition, Civil War in Russia, international intervention, historical experience and lessons of history, historical memory.

Author:

Goldin, Vladislav Ivanovich — Dr. of Sci. in History, Professor of Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M. V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk, Russia).
E-mail: v. i.goldin@yandex.ru

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