DUROV V.I. Russian Historiography of Polish Nationalism in the End of the 19th – Beginning of the 20th Century: Network Analysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2024.5.18

Viktor I. Durov,

Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Theory andHistory of Law and State, Central Branch of the Russian State University of Justice, 20-letiya Oktyabrya St, 95,394006 Voronezh, Russian Federation,

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Abstract. Introduction. This article presents the possibilities of using network analysis in historiography. The theoretical basis of network analysis is the mathematical theory of networks, which allows creating a model of the Russian scientific community thanks to the scientometric analysis of publications of historians. The purpose of the study is to examine the formation and development of the Russian historiography of the “Polish question” in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to identify scientific schools and features of the interaction of the professional community. Methods and materials. The basis for the study was the work published in the period from 1917 to the present. The historians were grouped into two groups: the Soviet period (1917–1991) and the modern period (1991– 2023). Network analysis was performed using the UCINET 6.757. The matrix and attribute table were formed in MS Excel. The network was visualized in the NetDraw. The relationship between the authors was established by the fact of citation. Analysis. The novelty of the study lies in the fact that for the first time in Russian science, the network analysis technique was applied to examine the historiography of Polish nationalism in the 1880s–1918. The results obtained made it possible to consider the structural features of the network of Polonist historians in our country and the dynamics of its formation. The study showed a number of factors influencing the formation of a subgroup of Russian historians and the position of authors in the network itself. Results. The author notes a decrease today in the number of large collective studies and citations by colleagues of each other in comparison with the Soviet period. Peaks in the growth of the number of publications and the number of authors are noted in the work; an explanation is given for these phenomena. The technique tested is considered promising for historiographic research.

Key words: scientometrics, historiography, network analysis, nationalism, history of Poland, USSR, Russia.

Citation. Durov V.I. Russian Historiography of Polish Nationalism in the End of the 19th – Beginning of the 20th Century: Network Analysis. Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriya 4. Istoriya. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya [Science Journal of Volgograd State University. History. Area Studies. International Relations], 2024, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 211-223. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2024.5.18.

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