Open AccessREVENGE OF THE RUSSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY: KANIV 1662 REVIEW OF THE BOOK: Babulin, I. B. (2015) Kaniv Battle of 16 July 1662. Moscow: Fond "Russkie Vitiazi"
Author(s) -
Артем Папакін
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vìsnik - kiïvsʹkij nacìonalʹnij unìversitet ìmenì tarasa ševčenka. ìstorìâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1728-2640
DOI - 10.17721/1728-2640.2017.132.1.17
Subject(s) - victory , battle , historiography , history , state (computer science) , ancient history , spanish civil war , classics , political science , law , politics , mathematics , algorithm
We review a monograph published in 2015 in Moscow by Igor Babulin. It deals with an episode of the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667, held in Ukraine during the Ruin in the times of Hetman Yuri Khmelnitsky. The reviewed publication contains a number of controversial statements, which are analyzed in this review. Attention is drawn to the politicization of the author and his distorted assessment of past events. It's important to bring under question the author's position on the battle between Moscow State and the Cossack army, led by Yuri Khmelnitsky, in Kaniv in 1662 as the biggest victory in the Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667. We analyze the reasons of exaggerating the importance of the victory of Russian troops in Kaniv in 1662.