Irina Filatova
Biographic Data
| ID | 1267626 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irina Filatova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irina |
| FAMILY NAME | Filatova |
| SIGNATURE | FILATOVA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5449-4980 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The decolonisation of the mind and history as an academic discipline
History as an academic discipline is going through a methodological crisis, caused by the decolonising revolution in historiography. Having emerged in the 1980s–2000s, the present-day decolonial theories have created a new dominant paradigm in the public consciousness and in a whole complex of academic disciplines. The aim of the decolonisation of the mind is to liberate these disciplines, first of all the humanities, from any vestiges of Eurocen…
Centre for African Studies of the Institute of World History RAS
The article looks at the most important tendencies and trends in foreign (mostly English language), Soviet and Russian African Studies, from the 1960s (and even earlier, as far as Soviet African studies are concerned) util today. It offers a comparative analysis of their trajectories and assesses them from the point of view of their contribution to our understanding of Africa and to African studies. Against this backdrop the author assesses the w…
African Studies at the Communist University of Eastern Toilers (1929—1938)
The article analyses African studies at the Communist University of Eastern Toilers, one of the Schools of the Communist International. On the basis of archival material, the author describes the administrative structure of Africanist departments of the University and analyses contents of courses which were offered to African students. The article describes students’ everyday life in Moscow and the problems which they had to face, from spying and…
We, the South African Bolsheviks’
In South Africa, the Russian Revolution was admired by socialists and nationalists alike. The National Party soon stopped praising the Bolsheviks, but the effect of the Revolution on the nascent Communist Party was important and lasting. South African communists closely watched developments in Soviet Russia and established relations with the Communist International (Comintern) even before the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was born. The P…
Third time lucky? Establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa
Diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa were established in 1992, before South Africa's transition to democracy was completed. This move was perceived as a betrayal by many in both countries and beyond. For many decades the Soviet Union supported the African National Congress in its fight against the apartheid regime. South Africa's National Party government, in its turn, presented the USSR as the main force behind the ‘total onslaug…
Russia and the world
It is important to mention from the outset that, although the publisher states that this book was first published in 2013, all of its chapters were published in 2012 as articles in a special issue
The Lasting Legacy
In this article I look into the Soviet roots of the official policy and ideology of the African National Congress (ANC) – the National Democratic Revolution. The article deals with the evolution of the Soviet theory of the national liberation movement, with the history of its adoption first by the South African Communist Party (SACP) and then by the ANC and with the way this theory has been playing itself out in South African politics after the A…
South Africa's Soviet Connection 1
To outward appearance at least, South Africa and the Soviet Union did not enjoy close relations during most of the 20th century. Diplomatic relations existed on paper between the Boer republics and Russia during the Anglo‐Boer war but they ended when the republics lost their independence. During the 1920s and 1930s trade was negligible, and the new high point in mutual interest and relations came only during the Second World War, when Soviet dipl…
Interview with Professor Apollon Davidson
New Insights on Relations between Russia and Africa
(2000). New Insights on Relations between Russia and Africa. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 341-350
Indoctrination or Scholarship? Education of Africans at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in the Soviet Union, 1923‐1937
For two decades, during the 1920s and 1930s, hundreds of communists and representatives of national‐liberation movements from all over the world came to Moscow to study at “Communist Universities"‐ educational institutions which were created, funded and controlled by the Communist International, an international communist organisation which united and directed the activities of the overwhelming majority of communist parties throughout the world f…
Russia and South Africa a Hundred Years Ago
Interpretations of the Dogma
Some Thoughts on Soviet South African Studies under "Stagnation" and Perestroika
The Lasting Legacy
In this article I look into the Soviet roots of the official policy and ideology of the African National Congress (ANC) – the National Democratic Revolution. The article deals with the evolution of the Soviet theory of the national liberation movement, with the history of its adoption first by the South African Communist Party (SACP) and then by the ANC and with the way this theory has been playing itself out in South African politics after the A…
Indoctrination or Scholarship? Education of Africans at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in the Soviet Union, 1923‐1937
For two decades, during the 1920s and 1930s, hundreds of communists and representatives of national‐liberation movements from all over the world came to Moscow to study at “Communist Universities"‐ educational institutions which were created, funded and controlled by the Communist International, an international communist organisation which united and directed the activities of the overwhelming majority of communist parties throughout the world f…
Third time lucky? Establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa
Diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa were established in 1992, before South Africa's transition to democracy was completed. This move was perceived as a betrayal by many in both countries and beyond. For many decades the Soviet Union supported the African National Congress in its fight against the apartheid regime. South Africa's National Party government, in its turn, presented the USSR as the main force behind the ‘total onslaug…
New Insights on Relations between Russia and Africa
(2000). New Insights on Relations between Russia and Africa. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 341-350
Interpretations of the Dogma
Some Thoughts on Soviet South African Studies under "Stagnation" and Perestroika
Russia and South Africa a Hundred Years Ago
Interpretations of the Dogma
Indoctrination or Scholarship? Education of Africans at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in the Soviet Union, 1923‐1937
For two decades, during the 1920s and 1930s, hundreds of communists and representatives of national‐liberation movements from all over the world came to Moscow to study at “Communist Universities"‐ educational institutions which were created, funded and controlled by the Communist International, an international communist organisation which united and directed the activities of the overwhelming majority of communist parties throughout the world f…
Interview with Professor Apollon Davidson
New Insights on Relations between Russia and Africa
(2000). New Insights on Relations between Russia and Africa. South African Historical Journal: Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 341-350
South Africa's Soviet Connection 1
To outward appearance at least, South Africa and the Soviet Union did not enjoy close relations during most of the 20th century. Diplomatic relations existed on paper between the Boer republics and Russia during the Anglo‐Boer war but they ended when the republics lost their independence. During the 1920s and 1930s trade was negligible, and the new high point in mutual interest and relations came only during the Second World War, when Soviet dipl…
The Lasting Legacy
In this article I look into the Soviet roots of the official policy and ideology of the African National Congress (ANC) – the National Democratic Revolution. The article deals with the evolution of the Soviet theory of the national liberation movement, with the history of its adoption first by the South African Communist Party (SACP) and then by the ANC and with the way this theory has been playing itself out in South African politics after the A…
Third time lucky? Establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa
Diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa were established in 1992, before South Africa's transition to democracy was completed. This move was perceived as a betrayal by many in both countries and beyond. For many decades the Soviet Union supported the African National Congress in its fight against the apartheid regime. South Africa's National Party government, in its turn, presented the USSR as the main force behind the ‘total onslaug…
Russia and the world
It is important to mention from the outset that, although the publisher states that this book was first published in 2013, all of its chapters were published in 2012 as articles in a special issue
We, the South African Bolsheviks’
In South Africa, the Russian Revolution was admired by socialists and nationalists alike. The National Party soon stopped praising the Bolsheviks, but the effect of the Revolution on the nascent Communist Party was important and lasting. South African communists closely watched developments in Soviet Russia and established relations with the Communist International (Comintern) even before the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was born. The P…
African Studies at the Communist University of Eastern Toilers (1929—1938)
The article analyses African studies at the Communist University of Eastern Toilers, one of the Schools of the Communist International. On the basis of archival material, the author describes the administrative structure of Africanist departments of the University and analyses contents of courses which were offered to African students. The article describes students’ everyday life in Moscow and the problems which they had to face, from spying and…
Centre for African Studies of the Institute of World History RAS
The article looks at the most important tendencies and trends in foreign (mostly English language), Soviet and Russian African Studies, from the 1960s (and even earlier, as far as Soviet African studies are concerned) util today. It offers a comparative analysis of their trajectories and assesses them from the point of view of their contribution to our understanding of Africa and to African studies. Against this backdrop the author assesses the w…
The decolonisation of the mind and history as an academic discipline
History as an academic discipline is going through a methodological crisis, caused by the decolonising revolution in historiography. Having emerged in the 1980s–2000s, the present-day decolonial theories have created a new dominant paradigm in the public consciousness and in a whole complex of academic disciplines. The aim of the decolonisation of the mind is to liberate these disciplines, first of all the humanities, from any vestiges of Eurocen…
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