Black Holes and Asymmetries
in Russian Historiography
Managing Black Holes and Assymmetries
FPSA Annual Conference at Åbo Akademi
19 – 20 March, 2015 by
© Mr. Heikki K. Auvinen, MA
Structure of Presentation
(1) Presentation Cover Page (Slide 1)
(2) Structure of Presentation (Slide 2)
(3) Focused Period of Time (Slide 3)
(4) Time Concepts & Realities (Slides 4 – 6)
(5) Functional Structure of Society (Slides 7 – 9)
(6) Concepts of Russian History (Slides 10 – 13)
(7) Key Findings and Conclusions (Slide 14)
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Focused Period of Time in Russian History
-300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000
Known events
y
Unknown events s
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Time Concepts in Human Mind & Society
• Five Focuses of Reality (Time span)
• Cyclic Concept of Time (Societal)
• Linear Concept of Time (Aristotle)
• Contemporay Time Concept
• Time Concept in Arts
• ”Eastern Concept of Time”
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Three Principal Realities in Society
Past
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Present
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Future
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Asymmetric Realities (US versus USSR)
Past
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Present
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Future
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Dynamics of Changes in Development
Private
Sector
Science and
Knowledge
Consensus
Massmedia
& Social
Media
Public Sector
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Functions of Constitutional State from late 18th Century
1) Law and order in society
2) Regulating family institution
3) Regulating property/title matters
4) Regulating contractual relations
5) Setting/enacting criminal code
6) Regulating civil disputes
7) Duties & rights of citizens
8) Defence and external relations
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Functions of Constitutional+ State in Western Countries
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3)
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Equal rights, equal access to public social services
Enactment of international obligations for citizens
Infrastructure for material/immaterial production
Infrastructure for information exchange
R & D and innovation support systems
General and specialised education services
Standards and quality control of services
Protection of citizens against internal threaths
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Concept of History Through Formation of Russian State
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Rurik’s Setup of the 1st Russian Authority in Novgorod 862 - 882
- Kievan Rus’ Authority with a twin-legacy in Kiev 882 - 1240
- Principality of Novgorod/The Novgorod Republic 1136 - 1478
- Grand Duchy of Vladimir in Vladimir-(Suzdal) 1157 - 1331
- Principality/Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia in 1199, 1253 - 1349
- Mongol-Tatar Authority (Golden Horde) from Sarai 1243 - 1480
- The RF through Grand Duchy of Moscow 1263 - 1547
- The RF through Tsardom of Russia in Moscow 1547 - 1721
- The RF through Russian Empire in St. Petersburg 1721- 1917
- The RF through the Soviet Union in Moscow 1917 - 1991
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Russian Federation (RF) inBlackMoscow
1991
- Historiography
Holes and Asymmetries
in Russian
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Asymmetry & Asymmentric History
• The Concept of Symmetry (A multi-discipline concept)
• Asymmetry (Asymmetric warfare & Asymmetric Information)
• The Concept of Information & Data
• Development of Historiography (Religious, Gothicismus, Annalists, Modern)
• Source Critisim as a Built-in-Template
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Using Odyssey-metaphor in Russian History
• Reasoning and Motivation for an Odyssey (Nation’s Travel Report)
• Complementarity Principle - Poor Actual Sources Available
• Synthesis Principle - Reducing Process Element Contents
• Impact Assessment Principle – Results on Culture/Aftermath
• Combination of Societal – Individual Values (Value Spectrum)
• A single Draft Effort of Five Odysseys exists on Russia History.
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Quality Assurance in Historiography at Society Level
Analysis of Common Regulatory Basis, Media & Visibility Policy and Associated Values
Analysis of Concepts of History in Symmetric Historiography, Digitalisation & Visibility/Publicity
(Scientific. Ethical and Political Croteria)
Quality Assurance Process Comprising the Following Historiographic & Visibility Matters:
Identidying
Black Holes
Identifying
Odysseys
Identifying
Common
Grounds and
Common
Positioning in
Historiography
Digitalising,
Transcribing
Editing & Rewriting Textbooks and
Documents
Record-keeping,
Disseminating
Results, Media
Campaigns &
Increasing
Transparency
Analysis of Concepts of History in Asymmetric Historiography, Digitalisation & Visibility/Publicity
(Systemic Criteria)
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Evidence-based
Measurable
Results in:
- Value system
- Symmetric
historiography
- Asymmetric
historiography
- Internal
Affairs with
Social Impacts
& Indicators
in Ethnic
Issues
- International
Affairs &
Foreign Policy
with Impacts
on Trade and
Military Cost
in GDP
- Mobility &
Migration
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Key Findings and Conclusions
• The Russian historiography has many black holes and asymmetries very
• Historiography is a privilege of leadership to control public consciouseness
• No transaparent ethical standards guiding writing of history or massa media
• Old censorship and numerous restrictions in contents/information dissemination
• ”Constitutional State” or ”Constitutional+ State” citizen rights weak/non-existing
• The FSU transition programs since 1991 have been a deathblow for democracy
• The present
Russian leadershipBlack
focuses
on the ”Great Glory” of the past.
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