Documentary research on the “brother-general”: New biographical studies on the White movement
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2020-1-126-139
Abstract
In the context of the contemporary study of the history of the Russian Civil War and the White Movement, as part of a biographical research, this article analyzes N.S. Larkov’s monograph “Siberian White General” (Tomsk, 2017) devoted to Anatoly Nikolayevich Pepelyaev. The starting point of the analysis is the tradition of a biographical research in the history of the White Movement already established in the Russian historiography. The author of the article notes the significant advantages of the monograph. First of all, it draws on a wide source base, including the office records of anti-Bolshevik and Soviet institutions and military units, periodicals, and personal documents. The following features should be emphasized: the logic of the narrative, the detailed analysis of A.N. Pepelyaev’s activities during the Civil War, the reasoning and persuasiveness of many of the author’s conclusions in the monograph. As N.S. Larkov reasonably points out, General A.N. Pepelyaev, being a provincial person and a military commander, was poorly versed in politics, and was often naive when entering the sphere of political activity. In fact, he was a stranger to the dictatorial regime of Admiral A.V. Kolchak, as well as to the SocialistRevolutionary-Menshevik camp. Traditionally, like many officers, he adhered to the idea of a strong statehood, and was distinguished by religiosity. Thanks to his positive qualities of an officer and a commander, A.N. Pepelyaev enjoyed great authority among his subordinates. On the other hand, as the present paper emphasizes, N.S. Larkov’s monograph was written in the framework of the traditional approach: the author did not use theoretical developments from other humanities, which would have allowed for a more qualitative and fruitful research in the field of biography studies.
About the Author
E. V. Volkov
South Ural State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgeny V. Volkov, Dr. of Sci. (History), associate professor
bld. 76, Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk, Russia, 454080
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Volkov E.V. Documentary research on the “brother-general”: New biographical studies on the White movement. History and Archives. 2020;(1):126-139. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2020-1-126-139
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