Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Historical Science

Puzanov V.V. The Old Slav’s Charismatic Chief: Sacral and Ethnic Factors

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Valiulina S.I. Medieval Glass of Volga Region as Historical Source

14

Nedashkovsky L.F. History of the Development of Views on the Golden Horde Anti­quities

22

Martynov D.E. Utopianism and Marxism: on the Problem of the Ratio

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Shadrin S.S. The Development of Pre-Revolutionary Domestic Historiography of National Anthems (1883–1917)

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Bukharaeva J.V. The Civil War in Russia as an Object of Historical Cognition under Conditions of Fundamental Social Shifts and Changes (late 20th – early 21th centuries)

43

Ivanov А.Yu. 20th-Century Battlefield Letters as a Historical  Source:  Analysis  Me­thods

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Chiglintsev Ye.A. Reception of the Myth on Alexander the Great in Modern Mass-Conscience

54

Bukharaev V.M. “Illusion Era” in the View of Scientific Logic: the Carambole of Ivan the Terrible in Historical Conscience

65

Bukharaev V.M. Soviet Historiography Object World in the Context of Ethnocentric Ideology

74

Regional and Local History

Biktasheva A.N. Kazan Governors in Gendarme Staff Officers’ Reports 1826–1832

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Tairov N.I. Tatar Entrepreneurs on the All-Russian Fairs (19th – 20th centuries)

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Nizamova M.S. The Evolution of County Health Care System and Sanitary-Epidemio­logical Service in the Volga and Ural Regions in 1864–1917

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Zaytsev V.A. The Role of Censure in Russian-Japanese War Coverage by «Kazan Telegraph» Newspaper  (1904–1905)

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Zainullina F.G., Shaidullin R.V. Tatar Peasantry of Kazan Governorate in the Period of Stolypin’s Agrarian Reform (1906–1914)

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Batyrshin R.R. The Participation of Kazan Branch of Peasant Land Bank in Stolypin’s Agrarian Reform Realization in Kazan Governorate (1906–1914)

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Shakurov K.R. Sociopolitical Activity of Vaisites in Exile

126

Gataullina L.R. Tatar Press of 1914–1915 on the Attitude of Russian Muslims to World War I

133

Mukhamedov R.A. Crediting and saving-and-loan cooperation of the Middle Volga Region in the period of “Military Communism” Policy (1918–1920)

140

Vyazova O.G. Participation of Women in Cooperation (on the Example of Chuvashia in 1920–1930s)

148

Gataullina I.A. Daily Life of Peasants in the Middle Volga Villages in 1920s

156

Gatina R.R. History of Development of Postal Communication in Tatarstan (1920–1941)

164

Telishev V.F., Sakaev V.T. State Policy in the Field of Matrimonial Relations in USSR during the Great Patriotic War

169

Krisanova N.A. Ideological Campaigns of 1947–1953 in Higher Education System in Mordovia

177

Nabiev R.A. State-confessional Relations in Conditions of Biconfessional Parity majority. Problems of Theory and Practice

183

Titova T.A., Garaev D.M. The Formation of Minorities’ Religious Subculture in Polyethnic Urban Environment

188

Problems of History and Historiography of Foreign Countries

Bikeeva N.Yu. St. Radegund’s Wonders: Some Functions of Mirabilia in Early Middle Ages

195

Epifanova I.V. Women’s Movement in “New Deal” Epoch of F.D. Roosevelt in the USA (1930–1940)

202

Yagudin B.M. Coup D'etat on September 12, 1980 in Turkey

207

Georgiev P.V. Russian Panslavism of 20th Century and Classical Democracy: M.S. Ku­torga’s Conception of Politeia

214

Koreyeva N.S. International Scientific Travels and Their Role in the Formation of Ge­neral History as a Science in Russia (1830–1860s)

219

Myagkov G.P., Fedorova N.G. The Problem of a “Good Coursebook in General History”: Experience and Legacy of T.N. Granovsky

225

Rung E.V. On the New Paradigm in the Study of Greek-Persian Relations in Historio­graphy

234

Shadrina N.A. Problems of Studying the Dialogue of Christian and Islamic Cultures in Russian Historiography: Main Stages and Directions

241

People of Science

Scientists of Historical Faculty of Kazan State University, Celebrated Their Jubilee in 2007

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In Loving Memory of Scientists

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