“JEWISH ISSUE” IN THE DEEDS OF ANTON IVANOVICH DENIKIN DURING THE FRATRICIDAL SLAUGHTER (1917–1920)

Georgy M. Ippolitov

DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-4-132-147

Key words

Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Civil War in Russia, anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism in the Volunteer Army and the Armed forces in southern Russia, Jew bashings, emigration, conceptual constructions, fight against Jew bashings, V.M. Purishkevich, V.A. Maklakov, K.N. Sokolov

Annotation

The author of this article researches the historical personality of Lieutenant-General Anton Ivanovich Denikin (1872–1947) – a unique, tragic figure in the history of the Russian power, a military leader, a politician, a writer, – during thirty years of his scientific and pedagogical activity. The scientific results obtained by the researcher are reflected in his doctoral dissertation, four monographs. The biography of the combat Russian general was written, which was published twice (in 2000 and 2006) by the publishing house “Young Guard” in the series “Life of wonderful people”. Documentary-fiction narration about the personality and the fate of Anton Ivanovich has been performed, a large number of articles in scientific periodicals and reports in the materials of various scientific forums were published. An anthology about him is also published in the format “pro et contra”. It is clear that such a vast and diverse body of work could not but reflect the topic that is indicated in the title of this article. Was Lieutenant General Anton Ivanovich Denikin an anti-Semite? If he was, how was it reflected in his deeds? The search for answers to such burning questions, questions that are exclusively debatable and sometimes polemical in nature (both in domestic and foreign historiography), was carried out through the analysis of a number of business documents and materials deposited both in federal state archives and published in various collections and separately. It was necessary to study a number of historiographical sources created by researchers in the Soviet, post-Soviet, modern periods of domestic historical science development, as well as abroad. At the same time, the author of this article tried to ensure a careful and correct attitude to the historiographic developments of the predecessors. However, such a research algorithm does not exclude a critical aspect (do not confuse with ill-natured criticism!). Naturally, the article doesn’t have any claim to represent a complete coverage of the problem. It has some elements of sketchiness and appeals to the author’s early works, which comprehensively research the historical personality of Anton Ivanovich Denikin, including the problem of the “Jewish issue”.

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Georgy M. Ippolitov – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Military Sciences of the Russian Federation, Professor of Philosophy Department, Volga State University of Telecommunications and Informatics, Russia, Samara (ippo1953@yandex.ru).

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Ippolitov G.M. “JEWISH ISSUE” IN THE DEEDS OF ANTON IVANOVICH DENIKIN DURING THE FRATRICIDAL SLAUGHTER (1917–1920). Historical Search, 2020, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 132–147. DOI: 10.47026/2712-9454-2020-1-4-132-147 (in Russian).

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