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The Officialdom of the Russian Empire: Review of Western European and American Historiography of 1960th – 1980th
Authors: Sergey I. Degtyarev
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Analyzed studying the history of the bureaucracy of the Russian empire XVIII–XIX centuries in the West European and American historiography. The merit of the scientists was the study of not only the administrative and political development of officials of the Russian empire, but also its socio-psychological and personal aspects. For example, researchers are actively studying: the influence of Russian officials on economic and social life of the empire (L. Mises); psychological connection of the nobility and the representatives of other classes with public service (М. Raeff, Р. Dukes, W. Pintner); worldview of officials (R. Wortman); the transformation of officials into a separate social and administrative group (J. Hassell); personnel of different state institutions (J.P. LeDonne, R.D. Givens, R. Wortman); system of service incentives (H.A. Bennett); the impact of the progressive representatives of the higher bureaucracy for reforms of the first half of the nineteenth century (W.B. Lincoln) etc.
Special attention is paid to scientific use members of the American school of russistika, the appearance of which is associated with the beginning of the exchange of experience between the Soviet and American researchers in the 60-70 years of the twentieth century.