A Family Encyclopaedia: Pros et Cons. Review of Kashtanov, S. M. (Ed.). (2015). Аksakovy: semejnaya entsiklopediya [The Aksakovs: A Family Encyclopaedia]. Moscow: Politicheskaya entsiklopediya. 536 p.

Abstract

Review of Kashtanov, S. M. (Ed.). (2015). Аksakovy: semejnaya entsiklopediya [The Aksakovs: A Family Encyclopaedia]. Moscow: Politicheskaya entsiklopediya. 536 p. The review deals with the content and structure of the family encyclopaedia The Aksakovs prepared by a team of historians from Moscow. Its purpose is to identify the significance of this encyclopaedic guide in the context of the genealogical science, as well as domestic and foreign Aksakov study. The publication of the encyclopaedia is estimated as a great event in the cultural and scholarly life of Russia. The methodological basis for the study is defined by its purpose: the Aksakov encyclopaedia is compared with similar reference books and with the use of historical and cultural, and historical and functional methods. Along with the undoubted advantages of the reviewed work, the authors point out dictionary entries requiring correction, while special attention is paid to the materials on S. T. Aksakov’s family.

Keywords

• Аксаковы
• род
• генеалогия
• семейная энциклопедия
• аксаковедение.