Boris M Gorelik
Biographic Data
| ID | 4143931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris M Gorelik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris M |
| FAMILY NAME | Gorelik |
| SIGNATURE | GORELIK B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8839-3889 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Russian military demonstration at the Afghan border in connection with the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902
The article examines the causes and consequences of the concentration of Russian troops near the Afghan border during the Anglo-Boer War in December 1899 and January 1900. Until now, the prevailing view in historiography has been that this action was designed exclusively to achieve Russia’s objectives in Central Asia — putting pressure on Britain to obtain concessions in Persia and Afghanistan. Challenging traditional interpretations, the author …
Diplomatic Relations with the Transvaal in the Context of Russian Foreign Policy of the Late 19th Century
This article examines the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Transvaal in 1898, placing it within the broader context of Russian foreign policy in the late 19th century. While previous studies have explored the negotiations surrounding this event, this article delves deeper into the motivations behind Russia’s interest in the Transvaal. Challenging the view that Russian interest stemmed largely from growing migration and…
Velikie derzhavy i anglo-burskaya voyna 1899-1902 gg
The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 aroused heightened interest among the international community, fuelled by reports of the occupiers’ inhumane treatment of the civilian population of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. However, despite the availability of peacekeeping instruments such as good offices and mediation provided for in the Hague Convention of 1899, and widespread sympathy for the Boers, the governments of the great powe…
The Anglo-Boer War in Russian Political Debate at the Beginning of the 20th Century
This article is devoted to the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), which was not only the most devastating armed conflict in South Africa’s recent history but also a global concern. It sparked public interest in Europe and North America, with more support for the Boers’ independence than for Britain. Russian subjects of different classes, nationalities and ages, who had previously been almost indifferent to the history and problems of South Africa…
Ethnic Divisions Within Unity
Ethnic segregation, a global phenomenon shaping social dynamics, urban development, and political behavior, is typically studied between distinct racial or national groups. This study provides insights into internal divisions within seemingly unified populations by investigating intra-group segregation within Israel’s ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish communities. By analyzing Knesset voting patterns as a proxy for residential distribution, I quanti…
Prospects of Russia’s Involvement in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899—1902 as Viewed by Defenders of the Boer Republics
There was a widespread belief among citizens and leaders of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State during the Anglo-Boer War (1899—1902) that Russia was poised to actively support their struggle against British imperialism. Drawing upon Boer official communications, diplomatic correspondence from Russian archives, and war memoirs, this study analyzes the origins and persistence of these pro-Russian sentiments. It explore…
The First Russian Thesis on the Anglo-Boer War in the Context of the Marxist Study of South African History in the 1930s
In the 1920s — 1930s, the late modern period of the southern African history was viewed through the prism of contemporary political and ideological issues and based, among other things, on the Marxist-Leninist theory of imperialism. A. F. Ostaltseva’s thesis “The Anglo-Boer War and its Impact on England’s Foreign Policy” (1940) was the first Marxist study of the South African armed conflict of 1899—1902 in the world historiography. Her work demon…
Leo Tolstoy’s Anti-Colonial Views and Their Influence on Liberation Movements in Africa
Leo Tolstoy is one of the few Russian thinkers of the pre-Soviet era whose views influenced leaders of liberation movements in Africa. Soviet researchers explored his anti-colonial views and their perception in the African continent. Although based on extensive source material, these publications are overly ideologized. The topic is reconsidered, using previously untapped archival data, as well as publications which appeared in Russia and interna…
Cultural mobilisation as a transnational phenomenon in the South African War of 1899–1902
The Impact of the Anglo–Boer War on Russian Marxists before the October Revolution
The Anglo-Boer War as Perceived by Children and Adolescents in the Russian Empire
Peculiarities and factors of shaping of the emotional attitudes of Russian children and adolescents to the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902 have not yet attracted the attention of researchers. However, the armed conflict in distant South Africa left a deep impression on children and teenagers in the Russian Empire, which was not been erased decades later. Prerequisites for the interest of young Russians in the Anglo-Boer War were that for many of them…
Russian Children and Adolescents in Pro-Boer Movements During the South African War
Promising Directions in the Studies of the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902)
In November 2022, the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, hosted an international academic conference “Researching the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902: The Practice and the Future”. The event marked the 120th anniversary of the end of the first major armed conflict of the 20th century. The goal of the conference was to help stimulating dialogue between Russian and international historians who study the Anglo-Boer War. About a …
A Russian protectorate for the Boer republics. A rejected idea for countering British imperialism
The South African War, also known as the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, was one of the most important armed conflicts of the age of imperialism. The war evoked an immense public response in Russia; not even the power circles remained unmoved. Russian public opinion supported the struggle for the independence of the Boer republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. For their part, the governments of the two republics convinced their fellow ci…
From Moscow to the Voc Cape
The Swellengrebel family is known in South Africa in connection with Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only local-born governor of the Cape Colony. Using Russian and Dutch archival sources as well as comprehensive studies of the Dutch merchant communities in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Moscow and Archangel, we traced the transformation of this family from Pomeranian clothiers into leading Russian arms importers and Cape agriculturalists. The…
A personal account as a historical source and a work of history
Review of the book: Shubin V.G. From Cairo to Cape Town as a Russian saw it. Moscow, 2022. 284 p, ill 10 p. ISBN 978-5-91298-269-9
The light from the stern
South Africa was among the few countries on the African continent where medical historians were often called on to reassure the public that the new pandemic could be contained and that lockdowns were bound to end. During the coronavirus pandemic, the role of South African medical historians has been to put historically informed perspectives on the virus outbreaks and their consequences. For 750 days, South Africa remained in a national state of d…
Moulding South African Public Opinion on Economic Cooperation with Russia
A study of over 300 articles and opinion pieces in popular and academic publications in South Africa, issued in 2016–2021, shows that South African journalists and political scientists are sceptical of large state-sponsored economic projects involving Russian state companies. Statements by the Russian partners that the current economic initiatives uphold the tradition of Soviet assistance to the anti-apartheid movement are interpreted by critics …
Russian economic initiatives as perceived by South Africans
In recent years, Russia has sought to establish itself as an important economic partner in South Africa for the first time. Russia has ‘image’ problems that have complicated its economic interaction with South Africa. The image of Russia in the collective consciousness of South Africans is formed primarily by local journalists, politicians and public figures. However, in South Africa, there are no popular publications and websites that consistent…
Putting out the small flames
Although the COVID-19 pandemic started only recently, and the epidemiological situation in Africa and worldwide changes rapidly and sometimes unexpectedly, a preliminary analysis of the South African experience in handling the outbreak can be illuminating. Within the two months since the first confirmed case was reported in South Africa, the government took comprehensive measures to combat the new coronavirus. These measures displayed patterns an…
“Siyahamba”
Despite the enduring international popularity of the Zulu Christian chorus “Siyahamba” as a song of protest and praise, South African ethnomusicologists have not yet investigated its origins as well as its cultural and political significance. This article reports the results of an historical study which indicated that the earliest documented performance of the chorus took place in Dundee in the current uMzinyathi district of the former Natal prov…
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Putting out the small flames
Although the COVID-19 pandemic started only recently, and the epidemiological situation in Africa and worldwide changes rapidly and sometimes unexpectedly, a preliminary analysis of the South African experience in handling the outbreak can be illuminating. Within the two months since the first confirmed case was reported in South Africa, the government took comprehensive measures to combat the new coronavirus. These measures displayed patterns an…
“Siyahamba”
Despite the enduring international popularity of the Zulu Christian chorus “Siyahamba” as a song of protest and praise, South African ethnomusicologists have not yet investigated its origins as well as its cultural and political significance. This article reports the results of an historical study which indicated that the earliest documented performance of the chorus took place in Dundee in the current uMzinyathi district of the former Natal prov…
Moulding South African Public Opinion on Economic Cooperation with Russia
A study of over 300 articles and opinion pieces in popular and academic publications in South Africa, issued in 2016–2021, shows that South African journalists and political scientists are sceptical of large state-sponsored economic projects involving Russian state companies. Statements by the Russian partners that the current economic initiatives uphold the tradition of Soviet assistance to the anti-apartheid movement are interpreted by critics …
Russian economic initiatives as perceived by South Africans
In recent years, Russia has sought to establish itself as an important economic partner in South Africa for the first time. Russia has ‘image’ problems that have complicated its economic interaction with South Africa. The image of Russia in the collective consciousness of South Africans is formed primarily by local journalists, politicians and public figures. However, in South Africa, there are no popular publications and websites that consistent…
From Moscow to the Voc Cape
The Swellengrebel family is known in South Africa in connection with Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only local-born governor of the Cape Colony. Using Russian and Dutch archival sources as well as comprehensive studies of the Dutch merchant communities in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Moscow and Archangel, we traced the transformation of this family from Pomeranian clothiers into leading Russian arms importers and Cape agriculturalists. The…
A personal account as a historical source and a work of history
Review of the book: Shubin V.G. From Cairo to Cape Town as a Russian saw it. Moscow, 2022. 284 p, ill 10 p. ISBN 978-5-91298-269-9
The light from the stern
South Africa was among the few countries on the African continent where medical historians were often called on to reassure the public that the new pandemic could be contained and that lockdowns were bound to end. During the coronavirus pandemic, the role of South African medical historians has been to put historically informed perspectives on the virus outbreaks and their consequences. For 750 days, South Africa remained in a national state of d…
The Anglo-Boer War as Perceived by Children and Adolescents in the Russian Empire
Peculiarities and factors of shaping of the emotional attitudes of Russian children and adolescents to the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902 have not yet attracted the attention of researchers. However, the armed conflict in distant South Africa left a deep impression on children and teenagers in the Russian Empire, which was not been erased decades later. Prerequisites for the interest of young Russians in the Anglo-Boer War were that for many of them…
Russian Children and Adolescents in Pro-Boer Movements During the South African War
Promising Directions in the Studies of the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902)
In November 2022, the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, hosted an international academic conference “Researching the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902: The Practice and the Future”. The event marked the 120th anniversary of the end of the first major armed conflict of the 20th century. The goal of the conference was to help stimulating dialogue between Russian and international historians who study the Anglo-Boer War. About a …
A Russian protectorate for the Boer republics. A rejected idea for countering British imperialism
The South African War, also known as the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, was one of the most important armed conflicts of the age of imperialism. The war evoked an immense public response in Russia; not even the power circles remained unmoved. Russian public opinion supported the struggle for the independence of the Boer republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. For their part, the governments of the two republics convinced their fellow ci…
Leo Tolstoy’s Anti-Colonial Views and Their Influence on Liberation Movements in Africa
Leo Tolstoy is one of the few Russian thinkers of the pre-Soviet era whose views influenced leaders of liberation movements in Africa. Soviet researchers explored his anti-colonial views and their perception in the African continent. Although based on extensive source material, these publications are overly ideologized. The topic is reconsidered, using previously untapped archival data, as well as publications which appeared in Russia and interna…
Cultural mobilisation as a transnational phenomenon in the South African War of 1899–1902
The Impact of the Anglo–Boer War on Russian Marxists before the October Revolution
Diplomatic Relations with the Transvaal in the Context of Russian Foreign Policy of the Late 19th Century
This article examines the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Transvaal in 1898, placing it within the broader context of Russian foreign policy in the late 19th century. While previous studies have explored the negotiations surrounding this event, this article delves deeper into the motivations behind Russia’s interest in the Transvaal. Challenging the view that Russian interest stemmed largely from growing migration and…
Velikie derzhavy i anglo-burskaya voyna 1899-1902 gg
The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 aroused heightened interest among the international community, fuelled by reports of the occupiers’ inhumane treatment of the civilian population of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. However, despite the availability of peacekeeping instruments such as good offices and mediation provided for in the Hague Convention of 1899, and widespread sympathy for the Boers, the governments of the great powe…
The Anglo-Boer War in Russian Political Debate at the Beginning of the 20th Century
This article is devoted to the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), which was not only the most devastating armed conflict in South Africa’s recent history but also a global concern. It sparked public interest in Europe and North America, with more support for the Boers’ independence than for Britain. Russian subjects of different classes, nationalities and ages, who had previously been almost indifferent to the history and problems of South Africa…
Ethnic Divisions Within Unity
Ethnic segregation, a global phenomenon shaping social dynamics, urban development, and political behavior, is typically studied between distinct racial or national groups. This study provides insights into internal divisions within seemingly unified populations by investigating intra-group segregation within Israel’s ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish communities. By analyzing Knesset voting patterns as a proxy for residential distribution, I quanti…
Prospects of Russia’s Involvement in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899—1902 as Viewed by Defenders of the Boer Republics
There was a widespread belief among citizens and leaders of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State during the Anglo-Boer War (1899—1902) that Russia was poised to actively support their struggle against British imperialism. Drawing upon Boer official communications, diplomatic correspondence from Russian archives, and war memoirs, this study analyzes the origins and persistence of these pro-Russian sentiments. It explore…
The First Russian Thesis on the Anglo-Boer War in the Context of the Marxist Study of South African History in the 1930s
In the 1920s — 1930s, the late modern period of the southern African history was viewed through the prism of contemporary political and ideological issues and based, among other things, on the Marxist-Leninist theory of imperialism. A. F. Ostaltseva’s thesis “The Anglo-Boer War and its Impact on England’s Foreign Policy” (1940) was the first Marxist study of the South African armed conflict of 1899—1902 in the world historiography. Her work demon…
The Russian military demonstration at the Afghan border in connection with the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902
The article examines the causes and consequences of the concentration of Russian troops near the Afghan border during the Anglo-Boer War in December 1899 and January 1900. Until now, the prevailing view in historiography has been that this action was designed exclusively to achieve Russia’s objectives in Central Asia — putting pressure on Britain to obtain concessions in Persia and Afghanistan. Challenging traditional interpretations, the author …
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