An Analysis Of The Course Of Russia History By Keliuchevsky

Russian History Course, a representative of the Russian historian Klyuchevski, isnot only a masterpiece of bourgeois historians in Russia, but also the onlyMulti-volume Russian history book written from the ancient to the mid-nineteenthcentury before the October Revolution.As a handout, Russian History Course embodies Klyuchevski’s painstaking effortof more than30years, on which the author comments from the starting point of reform.This thesis is divided into three sections. The first chapter is introduction, in whichintroduces research situations of Russian History Course by the scholars at home andabroad, the source of the material, research contents, research methodology, purposeand significance, so as to clarify the concept of the author, sort out the researchsituations and point out the value and perspective of thesis. The Second chapter ismainly divided into three parts, the first part discusses the Russian reforms from1462to1613, whereas in the second part Russian reforms from1613to1762are discussed,and the third part discusses the Russian reforms from1762to1861. The author focuseson the following points: the reform contents and impact of Ivan IV’s “special districts”;the influence of the Peter I’s comprehensive reform of to Russian society; thesignificance of Catherine II’s legal reforms to Russian society; as well as the contentand significance of Alexander II’s reform of serfdom. The third chapter analyzeswriting characteristics of Russian History Course, such as the combination of historyand literature, wide and broad perspectives, etc.; comments historical thought ofKlyuchevski on economic history and binary history; and put forwards theshortcomings of Russian History Course in peasant war, foreign affairs, and so on. Thelast part is conclusion, in which the author summarizes the issues discussed.