Kozhevin, V. L. THE POLITICAL CHOICE OF GENERAL A. I. ANDOGSKIY: ON THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PROBLEM. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2022;44(6):51–59. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2022.807


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THE POLITICAL CHOICE OF GENERAL A. I. ANDOGSKIY: ON THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PROBLEM

Kozhevin
V. L. 		Omsk State University им. Ф. М. Достоевского
Keywords:
General Staff Academy
Russian army
Bolsheviks
Russian Civil War
motivation
political choice
officers
social behavior		 Summary: The article deals with one of the topical problems of the historiography of the Civil War in Russia, which includes an analysis of the social behavior and life strategies of the officers of the old Russian army in 1917‒1922 on the basis of research materials devoted to the fate of General A. I. Andogsky. This problem is quite debatable today, therefore, the appeal to the history of the study of the political choice of General A. I. Andogsky goes beyond the private aspect of the modern historiography of the officers of the period of the Russian Troubles, contributing to the solution of a number of large-scale scientific problems. The author identifies and compares the existing concepts regarding the political choice of A. I. Andogsky, analyzing the persuasiveness of the arguments given by historians. For this purpose, not only historiographical, but also archival historical sources are involved. The article partly reflects the author’s own positions on the issue under consideration. This applies to such topics as the time and reasons for the general to make his political choice. The author emphasizes that a more accurate and reasonable characteristics of the social behavior of A. I. Andogsky can be given as a result of large-scale historical and biographical study, which systematically covers the most diverse aspects of the life of this extraordinary personality.



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