Study of the Soviet artistic culture in the system of the West German sovietology (1945–1990)

The article envisages place and role of the Soviet cultural studies in the system of the West German Ostforschung in the period of 1945–1990. The paper concludes that attention towards the phenomena of the socialist cult...

Kaleta P. The Sorbs of Lusatia in the People’s Chamber. An Outline of Political Life in Lusatia during the GDR

Political freemasonry in the socialpolitical life of Russia and Belarus in 1905–1917

The article reveals the main stages of the activities of Russian political freemasonry in the early XX century. The author shows the process of establishing Masonic organizations, analyzes their party, social and nationa...

Модернизация и погромы: Литва и Беларусь в начале XX в.

Утверждается, что очень продуктивным может оказаться сравнение ситуации в Литве и Беларуси при изучении антиеврейского насилия в имперской России. Отмечено, что если в начале 1880-х гг. интенсивность антиеврейских настро...

Prosopography: the history of the formation and development of the method

The article defines prosopography as a method of historical research, analyzes problems that complicate its holistic understanding. The reasons and conditions of the appearance of the prosopographical method, the main st...