THE UPRISING OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK CORPS IN THE MEMOIRS OF CONTEMPORARIES AND THEIR REFLECTION IN MODERN RUSSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Abrosimov Nikita Sergeevich

The action of the Czechoslovak Corps in the spring and summer of 1918 on the vast territory of the Volga, Urals and Western Siberia marked the beginning of a full-scale civil war on the territory of the RSFSR. In a situation when a large, well-armed, foreign corps that has gone through many fights in a weakly guarded territory of the country is uprising, all the involved forces are trying to give their assessment of this event. The article considers the perception of the event from the point of view of the Soviet government, reflected in archival documents, memoirs and speeches of the leaders of the Soviet government. As an alternative, the recollections and works of emigrants who took part in the events of the Civil War on the territory of the former Russian Empire are given. In conclusion, a review of modern Russian historiography on this issue is given. Based on the cited sources and monographs, the author concludes that both Soviet and emigre studies on this issue are, in part, one-sided, although both points of view had the right to life. Modern historiography, which has a much larger source base, has not yet come to a final conclusion about the reasons for the Czechoslovak corps.

Keywords:civil war, historiography, Czechoslovak corps, Volga region, Urals, Siberia