SUMMARIES OF ARTICLES A. I. DANILOV. S. D. Skazkin and Certain Aspects of Historiographical Analysis The author examines the approach to historiographical problems manifested by Academician S. D. Skazkin - one of the founders of the Soviet school of resear …

A. T. KINKULKIN and I. Y. LERNER. A New Stage In the Teaching of History in Secondary Schools The article points out that further development of the system of public education in the U.S.S.R. along the lines of establishing closer links between school e …

Academician E. M. SHUKOV. The Main Results and Objectives of Historical Research in the Light of the 25th CPSU Congress Decisions. Guided by the decisions of the 25th Congress of the CPSU, the author examines the tasks of Soviet historians in creating theo …

I. M. VOLKOV. Soviet Collective-Farm Peasantry in the Early Postwar Years (1946 - 1950) The first postwar five-year period marks an important stage in the history of the Soviet peasantry. It witnessed significant changes in the letter's numerical streng …