Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of P. G. Demidov YarSU: 35 years of Yaroslavl School of Social and Political Sciences
Authors:   P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University, Yaroslavl, Russia, Akopova Tatyana S. , Titova Lyudmila G. 
Published: January 2025

Introduction. The article reveals the main stages of the formation of the Yaroslavl School of socio-political studies. The biographies of the founders of the
Faculty of Socio-Political Sciences of the Yaroslavl State University named
after P. G. Demidov, P. F. Yankevich and V. M. Melikhovsky are highlighted, and
the ways of reproduction of the Yaroslavl scientific school of socio-political
research are shown. A series of interviews conducted with graduates of the
faculty and representatives of the professional community provides a holistic
picture of the formation of a system of scientific continuity and traditions.
The relevance of the article is determined by the need to study scientific
schools and trends in modern Russia, to preserve and strengthen ties between scientists in order to exchange experience and knowledge, scientific
achievements in the field of social sciences. Expanding the boundaries of
humanitarian knowledge makes it possible to create a voluminous research
platform, increase the possibilities for deepening and clarifying the content
of concepts, and form a modern discourse on the new realities of the modern
world. In this regard, the university named after P. G. Demidov are an example
of 35 years of serving the cause of further development and promotion of humanitarian knowledge in social and political practice. The structure of the article includes an introduction, a review of scientific publications of scientists
of the faculty, methods for studying history, research activities of scientists of
the faculty, information about departments and professorial and pedagogical
composition, biographical data of founding scientists of the faculty, reviews
of graduates about the faculty and teachers. The introduction considers: the
relevance, purpose of the article, the history of creation — the appearance of
the Yaroslavl school of socio-political research, at the origins of which were
professors of historical, economic, sociological political sciences — creators
of departments, leaders of research teams. It is noted that the beginning of
the faculty falls on a difficult, ambiguous time for the social sciences, when
there is a reformatting of public consciousness into liberal values, a rejection of Marxist ideology. This threatened with a break in gradualism, the destruction of continuity. At the same time, it was a period of searching for
new methodological approaches, striving to comprehend new Russian and
world realities. Methods. The basis for the research activities of the faculty
was the scientific works of its founders: P. F. Yankevich, V. M. Melikhovsky, M. Y. Mizulin, G. M. Nazhmudinov, Y. A. Golovina, V. V. Tomashova and others.
Subsequently, these traditions were continued by their students I. F. Albegova, L. G. Titova, T. S. Akopova, O. V. Eparhina, S. A. Kudrina, G. A. Yankevich,
I. V. Razumov, I. G. Shatokhin, A. G. Shatokhin, I. G. Perelomova, E. V. Koldeeva, young teachers A. V. Sokolov, N. V. Krainova, A. A. Frolov, F. Y. Kushnarev,
T. R. Gainutdinov and many others. To recreate the picture of the scientific,
pedagogical life of the faculty, the authors tried to cover the entire period of
its functioning, from 1990 — the year the faculty was founded to the present, studying archival data, referring to the analysis of documents and statistics on the publication and research activities of the faculty for 2019—2024.
The article reflects materials of interviews with teachers and graduatesю.
Results and discussion. The article reflects the problems discussed by historians, philosophers, sociologists of the faculty, new tasks that scientists of
departments solve with an understanding of the need to further develop the
humanities in new conditions, search for new approaches, and create a new
methodology for a multifaceted science of society. It is emphasized that the
dialogues of scientists on the most acute modern problems were held at the
All-Russian and international conferences organized within the framework
of the FSPN. Conclusion. The authors emphasize that at present the faculty
represents a constantly updating organism based on the principles of continuity, scientific activity, renewal and promotion of innovations in scientific
and teaching activities.