One of the main questions of urban history in Russia is the theoretical understanding of the small town phenomenon. In this paper I analyze the main methodological concepts of historical urban development in Europe. I begin with Karl Marx and continue through modern trends in the humanities and historical studies which examine cities from different perspectives. The object of this article is to answer the question of when and how small towns have become the subject of scientific research in the West. It implies comparing these theories and applying them to the Russian and Siberian models of urbanization with a view to elaborate a new approach in the studies of historical urban development in Siberia.
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Winter 2007 / 2008 Editorial Leszek Kolakowski zum 80. Geburtstag Leszek Kolakowski 80: an homage Krzysztof Michalski Die Zerbrechlichkeit des Ganzen The Fragility of the Whole Leszek Kolakowski Was ist Sozialismus? (1957) What is Socialism? Tony Judt Dem allen Lebewohl? Kolakowskis Hauptströmungen des Marxismus heute gelesen Goodbye to All That? Re-reading Kolakowski’s Main Currents of …
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IWM Junior Visiting Fellows’ Conferences, Vol. XXIX © 2011 by the authors Readers may redistribute this article to other individuals for noncommercial use, provided that the text and this note remain intact. This article may not be reprinted or redistributed for commercial use without prior written permission from the author. If you have any questions …
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