The transformation of historical memory of the first world war on the pages of “Historical magazine” (1937 – 1945)

Shlyakhov Aleksey Vladimirovich

This article presents the results of one of the paragraphs of the dissertation research, which is devoted to the analysis of the transformation of the historical memory of the First World War on the pages of the "Historical Journal" (1937 - 1945). Object of research: World War I in Russia; subject of research: publications about the First World War on the pages of the "Historical Journal" (1937 - 1945); goal: consideration of the transformation of views on the First World War on the pages of the "Historical Journal" in the specified period. The assumption is made that on the pages of "Historical Journal" (1937 - 1945) the First World War "was not forgotten"; there was a gradual terminological, substantive and political transformation of the historical memory of the First World War. From a terminological point of view, there was a gradual shift in emphasis from the "imperialist" character of the war to the "world" character of the war. From a substantive point of view, there was no significant change in the interpretation of the causes of the origin of the First World War, however, there was a certain change in the interpretation of the perpetrators of the outbreak of the First World War. The political transformation of the First World War was characterized by drawing historical parallels with past, current and future events. At the same time, the parallel between the First World War and current events, as a rule, had a pronounced applied orientation - the formation of public opinion regarding the current political situation through the prism of past events; the parallels between the First World War and forecasted future events were built on the formation of the desired image of the future. Much attention was paid to the methodological side of the formation of the historical memory of the First World War.

Keywords:historical memory, transformation of the historical memory, “Historical magazine”.