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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
[ Local historians : Russian provincial historiography]
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2003 522 p. [16 ill.] Serie: Historia Rossica Hardcover. 14.5 x 22cm ISBN: 5867932044 Language: Russian
Russian history was made not only in the capitals but also in many other towns and territories. Viktor Berdinskikh writes about numerous local historians of the second half of the nineteenth century, their studies and results. Local historians came from different social strata, many of them combined historical study with other responsibilities. This monograph depicts the main areas of their interests and their publishing activities. The last chapter deals with historians and the historiography of the Viatka region, the place where the author was born. Name index. Other books by Borodinskikh are available from Panorama of Russia: Peasants` Civilization in Russia (2001); The History of One Camp: Viatlag (2001).