title: Science and pseudo-science in modern studies of Aleksandr Nevskii
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metadata.value: Sokolov, Roman Aleksandrovich
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-05-18T13:48:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-05-18T13:48:03Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Sokolov R. A. Science and pseudo-science in modern studies of Aleksandr Nevskii. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2017, vol. 62, issue 1, pp. 215–223.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/ spbu02.2017.116
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/6374
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article provides insight into debates about the life and political activities of Aleksandr Nevskii and
  the historical memory of him which have been going on for the last year or two. The author focuses on
  arguments used by the scholars in this polemics and analyzes the attempts to cast doubt on the results
  of research which has already been conducted. The author recognizes the necessity to take into consideration
  the opinions of these scholars who have suggested new interpretations of the sources on the
  basis of scientifically tested methodology, hence drawing conclusions about the discreditable facts in
  the biography of the prince and the inefficiency of his policy in general (G. Fennell, D. N. Danilevskii).
  However, particular emphasis is placed on the insufficient account of the existing historiographic
  work as well as the methodically inappropriate use (and sometimes disregard) of the above-mentioned
  sources. This drawback is typical of the works of the authors whose insight into the issues they study is
  not deep enough and who, nonetheless, are given an opportunity to express their views in leading historical
  periodicals. These aspects allow us to determine the development of a tendency to neglect the
  works of our historical forbearers — Soviet and Russian historians. As an example, the article provides
  the analysis of the theoretical construct A. N. Nesterenko’s article, published in “Voprosy Istorii” (№ 1,
  2016) and containing a number of hypotheses that remain unconfirmed by the facts to a considerable
  extent. The refutation of these hypotheses does not take a great deal of effort, but makes us refer
  once again to the analysis of the sources and to the quite voluminous literature on this subject. That
  is why the article provides a representative survey of the statements of the scholars who at different
  times touched upon some disputable issues in the frame of the topic “Aleksandr Nevskii”, namely: the
  relations of Iaroslav Vsevolodovich with his spouse Feodosiia and father-in-law Mstislav Udaloi (the
  Bold), the spread of the practice of placing the minor children of the Rurik house at the prince’s table,
  the battle on the Neva, the circumstances of the canonization of Aleksandr, the interpretation of the
  chronicles and hagiographical texts, the reports of Tatishchev, and the like. Refs 25.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: Работа выполнена при поддержке гранта СПбГУ 5.38.265.2015 «Россия — Новороссия — Крым:
  Исторические закономерности единства».
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 62; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aleksandr Nevskii
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Iaroslav Vsevolodovich
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian historiography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the battle on the Lipitsa
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the battle on the Neva
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: biography of Aleksandr Nevskii
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Medieval Rus’
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Science and pseudo-science in modern studies of Aleksandr Nevskii
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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