Educational Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of History Teaching and the Soviet Period in Russian History Textbooks after 2000
Abstract
The aim of this study is to describe the basic tendencies manifested in the educational policy of the Russian Federation in the field of history education between 2000 and 2013. The issue is approached through the analysis of the periodical Uchitelʼskaya gazeta and official statements of the Russian government and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The study assumes two basic tendencies: the unification of the field of textbooks depicting the history of the Soviet period and the attempt to promote a patriotic interpretation of history. Both of these tendencies aim to change the socializing mission of history teaching.
The development of these tendencies is examined in relation to developments in the 1990s, and the study highlights the continuation, rejection, or reinterpretation of the efforts of the 1990s