Explaining Russia: The View from the Failed Future
Journal: Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Year: 2022

Abstract Foreign publications by Russian historians specializing in country studies are a special genre of scientific research. They are designed to address pressing issues related to Russia that are in the focus of attention of foreign audiences. The complex of French publications by one of the best Russian specialists in French history and diplomat Yu.I. Rubinskii, written mostly from 1997 through the 2000s, is dedicated to the European future of Russia. The author employs a wide array of hist