History and Anti-History of the Partisan Movement in the East of Russia: Reflections on the Book Review of Krasnye partizany na vostoke Rossii. 1918–1922: deviatsii, anarkhiya i terror [Red partisans in the east of Russia. 1918–1922: Deviations, anarchy and terror], by A.G. Teplyakov (Moscow: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2023)

Abstract

The review contains a critical analysis of the book by Novosibirsk historian A. Teplyakov devoted to the partisan movement in eastern Russia, Siberia, and the Far East during the Russian Civil War. General tendencies of covering this topic during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods are described. Attention is given to the author’s point of view and his perception of the topic, methodology, concepts and nomenclature of the research, its historiography and source base, and the main problems tackled in the book. The reviewer analyzes the conclusions drawn in the final part of the book, sheds light on the role and significance of this research in the study of the partisan movement history in eastern Russia during the Civil War, gives an overall assessment of this socio-political phenomenon, and indicates the prospects of its further elaboration within the framework of regional and all-Russian history.

Keywords

• russian civil war
• partisan movement
• guerrilla tactics
• history
• historiography
• siberia
• far east