«THIS SAD STORY...» OF MODERN RUSSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF SCIENCE IN NAZI GERMANY

The article is devoted to modern studies in Russia of Nazi Germany’s policy in
science. Considers the problem of historical continuity and traditions of Russian
historiography of national socialism. Special attention is paid to the key contradictions
and the poles of the biases in the assessment of the scientific life in Germany 30-40-
ies. Showing that the revision of the Soviet historiographical tradition of representation
of national socialism as the culmination of German imperialism resulted in the
resurrection of the concept of «rupture» and «accident» in German history.