THE EARLY MODERN MUSCOVITE "SUB-TYRRANY" IN MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY
This article is a reflection on the nature of the "Great Stereotype," which depicts Russia in early modern times as a despotic Asian state. The authors come to the conclusion that this stereotype is based on the historians' uncritical perception of the evidence of West European travelers, diplomats and adventurers. The reference to the act materials gives a completely different picture. The authors show that in modern Western historiography (and partly in Russia) there has been a stable "revisionist" current. This direction does not reconsider the previous negative assessments of the Moscow early-political political system and regime, and proceeds from the premise that Russia in the early modern period, in its political and legal development, does not fundamentally differ from early Western European states.
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