Appeal to authors of history textbooks

A group of researchers and teachers of history prepared an appeal to the authors of school textbooks on history.

“By the decision of the Russian Historical Society (Rio), the competitions of publishing houses on writing“ ideologically correct ”school textbooks based on a single historical and cultural standard, which will be submitted for approval to the special expert council of Rio by April 15, 2015, and the textbooks approved from September 1, 2015 will go to school,” the appeal said.

“We, who signed this letter, have different political views and are not only historians and teachers of history, but also representatives of various professions, united by rejection that our society is again driven into a single ideological paradigm and“ historical unanimity, ”the authors of the Episten notes.

They called on historians to boycott the announced contest, the purpose of which, according to the appeal, "creation of a falsified, but" ideologically correct "version of Russian history."

The authors of the appeal indicate: “The Unified Historical and Cultural Standard (EIKS), on the basis of which they are going to write textbooks, is focused on the predominant coverage of the history of the authorities to the detriment of the history of society, i.e. it proceeds from a very controversial methodology. It has many“ white spots ”, figures of default and inaccuracies. So, for example, the liberation movement in Russia, which occupies a very noticeable place and played a very important role in our history-in our history-in our history-in our history-in our history. EIKS - as a totality, as a phenomenon - there is no (as there is no term itself), but there are only mention of individual events, organizations and persons. ”

“The liberation movement and its heroes, starting from the Decembrists, Narodniks, people of people, Socialist -Revolutionaries, Social Democrats, anarchists, liberals - give a very grateful material for solving the problem of raising citizenship among young people.” But, it seems that there is an order only for a special variety of executive citizenship and patriotism, and not for the citizenship that allows dissent and the struggle with the power.

You can also indicate, for example, at the date of the USSR entry into the second war on June 22, 1941, which is discussed in science, and in EIKS it is imposed on peremptory, which predicts a positive assessment of Soviet-German relations and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (with secret applications), while part of the USSR and talks about the participation of the USSR in the war in 1939-41 GG. On the side of Germany.

EXICS is also very controversial that federal policy in the post -war USSR was aimed at providing more independence to the republics. There are many similar examples. ”

Among the signatures of the letter is the professor of the Department of History of the Moscow Pedagogical University Elena Galkina, the deputy chairman of the Council of the NIPC "Memorial" Professor Konstantin Morozov, the founders and members of the Council of "Free Historical Society" Anatoly Golubovsky and Nikita Sokolov, historian, author of school textbooks Leonid Katskva, professor of the National Research University "Higher School" Higher School "Higher School" Gasanan Huseynov, Vadim Damier, History Teachers Irina Kulyashova and Alexey Makarov and others. The collection of signatures continues on the website of the University Solidarity trade union.

On Monday this week, the chairman of the Russian Historical Society, the State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin announced the creation of the commission with the participation of Rio - for the examination of future history textbooks. Naryshkin assured that Rio was not going to intervene in the creative process of copyright groups, but is ready to ensure their counseling.