History: Textbook. 6th edition, processed and supplemented. Davydova Yu. A., Matyukhin A.V., Morzheedov V. G.

You are in front of you a textbook on the study of history. Even in ancient times, there was an expression: "History is a mentor of life." Therefore, the most important task of historical science is the understanding, generalization and use of the accumulated potential of all human knowledge and experience.

The goal of the discipline “History” is the formation of the basic system of knowledge in the field of world and Russian history, the development of historical thinking skills, the education of citizenship and patriotism. In this course, all periods of world and domestic history will be covered: from the moment of the appearance of a person on Earth until the beginning of the 21st century, the main historical events have been identified, historical patterns have been identified.

The study of history is of particular importance for theoretical and methodological training of modern specialists in all sectors of modern economic and social life. This discipline expands the historical horizons, gives landmarks to evaluate and understand modern social, political, economic processes in the context of the experience of Russian and world history.