CHRONICLE OF THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE: ON THE PROBLEM OF COMMEMORATION OF MEMORABLE DATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Abstract

This work is devoted to recreating the hierarchy of military events in the historical memory of Russian society at the beginning of the twentieth century. The objectives of the study are to identify acts of remembering in 1900–1914. various wars, their quantitative and qualitative analysis. The methodological basis of the study was the achievements of the interdisciplinary paradigm of memory studies. To identify and characterize general trends in the politics of memory, both general scientific and special historical methods were used. Using content analysis, work was carried out with the main source of this study - materials from domestic periodicals. The author comes to the conclusion that the military component occupied an important place in the historical memory of Russian society at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is reflected in the active commemorative activities of the state, scientific and public organizations. It was found that in 1900–1914. The Patriotic War of 1812, the Northern War, the Crimean War and the Russian-Turkish War of 1877–1878 were of greatest importance for the population of the Russian Empire. After the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, the state authorities made attempts to streamline the policy of memory, develop celebration scenarios, and identify the most significant events.