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1. On the theory of modernization as it pertains to Russian history, see Istoriia Rossii (Citation2013).
2. For discussions of responsibility for the war, see Neilson (Citation2014) and Petrov and Pavlov (Citation2014). Meanwhile, attempts to whitewash German militarism by blaming all its political elites for “lunatically” leading Europe to war can still be found (Clark, Citation2012). One clearly politicized work blaming Russia for unleashing the world conflict was brought out in connection with the centennial of the war’s inception (McMeekin, Citation2011).
Istoriia Rossii: teoreticheskie problem. 2013. vyp. 2, Modernizatsionnyi podkhod v izuchenii rossiiskoi istorii. Moscow. Neilson, K. 2014. “1914: The German War?” European History Quarterly. July. Petrov, Iu.A., and D.B. Pavlov. 2014. “Pervaia mirovaia voina: kto vinovat? (istoriograficheskii etiud).” Rossiiskaia istoriia, no. 5. Clark, C. 2012. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914. London. McMeekin, S. 2011. The Russian Origins of the First World War. Cambridge (Mass.). Additional information
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This work was supported by RGNF 15-31-12025a(ts)