Time of Troubles. Platonov S.F.

Sergey Fedorovich Platonov (1860 - 1933) - historian, teacher. Corresponding Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences since 1909 in the historical and philological department, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1920. From 1883 to 1916 he taught Russian history in Bestuzhev courses. In 1895-1902 he was invited by a teacher of Russian history to the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchess. From 1900 to 1905 he was the dean of the Historical and Philology Faculty of St. Petersburg University. In 1913 he retired and transferred to the post of super -standard professor. In 1918-1929 - chairman of the archaeographic commission; in 1918-1922 - director of the Archaeological Institute; in 1918-1923 - head of the Petrograd branch of Golovarkhiv; In 1925 he became the director of the Pushkin house, and in August - elected the director of the library of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Platonov’s “Case”: In 1930, Platonov was arrested. He was accused of creating an underground anti -Soviet monarchist organization entitled "The All -Union of the Struggle for the Renaissance of Free Russia." Pleaded guilty. After the trial, he was sent to Samara where he died in the hospital from acute heart failure. According to Platonov, a starting point, which determined the features of Russian history for many centuries ahead, is the “military character” of the Moscow state that arose at the end of the 15th century. Surrounded almost simultaneously on three sides by enemies acting offensive, the Great Russian tribe was forced to accept a purely military organization and constantly fight on three fronts. The purely military organization of the Moscow state had the consequence of the enslavement of estates, which for many centuries ahead predetermined the internal development of the country, including the famous "Troubles" of the beginning of the 17th century.