USE OF THE METHOD OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL RECORDS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE STUDY OF THE EVENTS OF THE SIEGE OF THE HOLY TRINITY ST. SERGIUS MONASTERY IN THE EARLY XVII CENTURY

Author(s): Lobanov R.O.

Rubric: Methods and technologies of training and education

DOI: 10.21777/2500-2112-2021-4-23-31

Release: 2021-4 (37)

Pages: 23-31

Keywords: the method of comparative analysis of historical records, the Time of Troubles, the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Monastery, chronological and narrative methods

Annotation: In scientific work and teaching, historians often face with the problem of contradictory points of view contained in various historical records. The main purpose of the researcher is to work on separating genuine historical facts from fictional ones and not allowing the subjective value judgments of contemporaries to misrepresent objective historical reality. One of the most important research methods is the method of comparative analysis of historical records, which is used to perform such task. The use of this method is obligatory for the reconstruction of events related to political conflicts, when the researcher has at his disposal the facts left by representatives of the opposing sides. An example of the implementation of this method can be the records of the XVII century relating to the events of the Time of Troubles, in particular, the siege of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Monastery. The subject of the research of this paper are such documents as the Legend of Avraamy Palitsyn and the Diary of Jan Sapieha. The purpose of the work is to compare information from the mentioned records and restore the course of real events. In addition to comparative analysis of historical records, chronological and narrative methods were used as key methods of work. In conclusion, work results are drawn about the degree of reliability of the records studied and the facts contained in them. The materials of the paper are of a historical and local history nature and can be used as part of teaching the discipline «History of Russia» on the topic of the Time of Troubles in Russia in the early XVII century.

Bibliography: Lobanov R.O. USE OF THE METHOD OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL RECORDS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE STUDY OF THE EVENTS OF THE SIEGE OF THE HOLY TRINITY ST. SERGIUS MONASTERY IN THE EARLY XVII CENTURY // Education Resources and Technologies. – 2021. – № 4 (37). – С. 23-31. doi: 10.21777/2500-2112-2021-4-23-31