Review of the monograph "Borov A.H. Conceptual results and problems of studying the experience of the revolution and civil war in Kabardino-Balkaria (1917-1918). – Nalchik: editorial and publishing department of IGI KBNTS RAS, 2024. – 152 p."

Abstract

The study of the problems associated with the spread of the ideas of the Russian revolution in the Northern Caucasus, with the history of the civil war in the region, is marked by discord in Caucasian historiography. This led to our interest in the work of A.H. Borov "Conceptual results and problems of studying the experience of the revolution and the Civil war in Kabardino-Balkaria." The very formulation of the question promises an objective approach to the analysis of published scientific literature on the topic. An unbiased but clear analysis of the previous scientific heritage, compared with the events and actors, allowed the author to consider various interpretations of the problem of civil confrontation in the revolutionary years on the materials of the Ter region, which included the Nalchik district. The author of the monograph summarizes the results of the study of this historical period, arranging the facts in a strict chronology and rethinking them. A deep historiographical analysis, verification of various concepts, and powerful scientific erudition led the author to conclusions about the peculiarities of the modernization processes of North Caucasian society under the influence of "external" challenges and "internal" conditions. The work of A.H. Borov is an example of honest scientific work and will certainly contribute to the creation of a generalized history of Kabardino-Balkaria.