Аполлон Давидсон
Biographic Data
| ID | 6432942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Аполлон Давидсон |
| GIVEN NAMES | Аполлон |
| FAMILY NAME | Давидсон |
| SIGNATURE | ДАВИДСОН А |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Accumulation of Knowledge about Africa in Russia — How It Started
The article presents a survey of sources from which Russia received early information about Southern and Tropical Africa in the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries on the basis of materials from Department of manuscripts and Department of architectural documents of the Russian National Library (Saint Petersburg). These included, for example, hand-written “Cosmographies” which the Russians read in the 17th century, “Geographies” published during t…
The Turn in African History. For the 60th anniversary of the Year of Africa
The article analyses the turn in the history of Africa which began in the late 1950s and went on for several decades. 1960 was the year when this turn was particularly sharp. In that one year almost two dozen African colonies gained their independence. That year remained in world history as “The Year of Africa”, the symbol of this turn in the lives of African peoples
Hard Way to Khrushchev Thaw. In the Eyes of a Leningrad Student
The First Generation of Domestic Africanists
This article covers the following issues. The reasons why and how the African studies were born and existing in Moscow (late 1920th – 1937). Who were the first researchers for African studies and in what activities they were involved. How and what was the reason why this epoch came to an end tragically in 1937. What lessons could be learned today from that tragedy. Alack, no one of those researchers for African studies published the memoires, exc…
The Experience of Reconciliation, Peaceableness, Peacemaking
The Africanist’s Destiny
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…
Publications
Russia and South Africa a Hundred Years Ago
The Study of South African History in the Soviet Union
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The Study of South African History in the Soviet Union
Russia and South Africa a Hundred Years Ago
Publications
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…
The Experience of Reconciliation, Peaceableness, Peacemaking
The Africanist’s Destiny
Hard Way to Khrushchev Thaw. In the Eyes of a Leningrad Student
The First Generation of Domestic Africanists
This article covers the following issues. The reasons why and how the African studies were born and existing in Moscow (late 1920th – 1937). Who were the first researchers for African studies and in what activities they were involved. How and what was the reason why this epoch came to an end tragically in 1937. What lessons could be learned today from that tragedy. Alack, no one of those researchers for African studies published the memoires, exc…
Accumulation of Knowledge about Africa in Russia — How It Started
The article presents a survey of sources from which Russia received early information about Southern and Tropical Africa in the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries on the basis of materials from Department of manuscripts and Department of architectural documents of the Russian National Library (Saint Petersburg). These included, for example, hand-written “Cosmographies” which the Russians read in the 17th century, “Geographies” published during t…
The Turn in African History. For the 60th anniversary of the Year of Africa
The article analyses the turn in the history of Africa which began in the late 1950s and went on for several decades. 1960 was the year when this turn was particularly sharp. In that one year almost two dozen African colonies gained their independence. That year remained in world history as “The Year of Africa”, the symbol of this turn in the lives of African peoples
History (8 works) · History (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Law (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Economic history (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Communism (2 works)