Scientific and organizational activity of the staff of the History Institute of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (1929–1941)

Abstract

The Institute of Нistory of the National Academy of Sciences ofBelarusis the leading research institution of historical profile in the Republic. The history of the Institute testifies to the formation and development of Belarusian historiography. The article reveals the scientific and organizational activities of the staff of the Institute of Нistory of theAcademyofSciencesof the BSSR in the pre­war period. The influence of the socio­political situation on the change in the organizational structure and personnel of the Institute is shown: historians of the “old school” gave way to representatives of the new Marxist paradigm. The conclusion is made about the establishment of methodological monopolism in Soviet historical science. The author analyzed the process of formation and change of the main directions of historical research in the development of the concept of the history ofBelarusin 1929–1941. It is noted that in scientific research, priority was given to the problems of the history of the revolutionary movement, class struggle, and Soviet construction.