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Introduction: Essays in Honor of Ruslan Grigor’evich Skrynnikov

Introduction: Essays in Honor of Ruslan Grigor’evich Skrynnikov Ruslan Grigor’evich Skrynnikov (1931–2009) was Research Professor at St. Petersburg State University and one of the world’s leading historians of early modern Russia. The son of an engineer and a teacher, Ruslan Grigor’evich was educated in Leningrad and lived in that city until his death. He was happily married and had two children, a son and a daughter. In 1948 young Ruslan Grigor’evich enrolled in Leningrad State University and was on track to become a scientist or mathematician. But he was drawn irresistibly to the field of Russian history. Ruslan Grigor’evich studied with several leading scholars (including B.A. Romanov, D.S. Likhachev, and S.N. Valk) who inspired in him a deep and abiding interest in source study as the key to unlocking early Russian history and avoiding the pitfalls of ideological or overly nationalistic interpretation – still all too common in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union. To his death Ruslan Grigor’evich was committed to the careful and systematic study of primary sources, not to politically correct interpretations of history. His own cautious and methodologically sound approaches to historical investigation inspired in his students a zeal for careful source study as well as habits of mind that work against simplistic, convenient, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian-American Slavic Studies Brill

Introduction: Essays in Honor of Ruslan Grigor’evich Skrynnikov

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Copyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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0090-8290
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2210-2396
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10.1163/22102396-04902001
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Ruslan Grigor’evich Skrynnikov (1931–2009) was Research Professor at St. Petersburg State University and one of the world’s leading historians of early modern Russia. The son of an engineer and a teacher, Ruslan Grigor’evich was educated in Leningrad and lived in that city until his death. He was happily married and had two children, a son and a daughter. In 1948 young Ruslan Grigor’evich enrolled in Leningrad State University and was on track to become a scientist or mathematician. But he was drawn irresistibly to the field of Russian history. Ruslan Grigor’evich studied with several leading scholars (including B.A. Romanov, D.S. Likhachev, and S.N. Valk) who inspired in him a deep and abiding interest in source study as the key to unlocking early Russian history and avoiding the pitfalls of ideological or overly nationalistic interpretation – still all too common in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union. To his death Ruslan Grigor’evich was committed to the careful and systematic study of primary sources, not to politically correct interpretations of history. His own cautious and methodologically sound approaches to historical investigation inspired in his students a zeal for careful source study as well as habits of mind that work against simplistic, convenient,

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Canadian-American Slavic Studies – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2015

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