TY - JOUR

T1 - Prussian phenomenon and its historical distortion

AU - Plenkov, O.Y.

AU - Baryshnikov, V.N.

AU - Borisenko, V.N.

AU - Piankewich, V.L.

AU - Adamova, N.E.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - The article deals with the phenomenon of Prussia. Once, Prussia had been the largest continental Protestant state in Europe. The main issue of this phenome-non is that upon the tragic events of the World War II Prussian history and herit-age had been considerably distorted, in order to compensate somehow for the dreadful casualties suffered by the victorious powers. The common European misconception implied that Prussia had been the bulwark of militarism, and therefore had to bear all the responsibility for the atrocities of war. Unfortunately, the majority of modern German historians share such misin-terpretation of Prussian heritage in order to please false political correctness, perhaps, as an act of contrition for National Socialism and its crimes. However, the Prussian tradition and history go far beyond this militarism, and this article explains what ways. The authors believe that there should not be any prejudices and biases, that any subject should be examined sine ira et studio. Moreover, given tha

AB - The article deals with the phenomenon of Prussia. Once, Prussia had been the largest continental Protestant state in Europe. The main issue of this phenome-non is that upon the tragic events of the World War II Prussian history and herit-age had been considerably distorted, in order to compensate somehow for the dreadful casualties suffered by the victorious powers. The common European misconception implied that Prussia had been the bulwark of militarism, and therefore had to bear all the responsibility for the atrocities of war. Unfortunately, the majority of modern German historians share such misin-terpretation of Prussian heritage in order to please false political correctness, perhaps, as an act of contrition for National Socialism and its crimes. However, the Prussian tradition and history go far beyond this militarism, and this article explains what ways. The authors believe that there should not be any prejudices and biases, that any subject should be examined sine ira et studio. Moreover, given tha

KW - Prussia

KW - Federal Republic of Germany

KW - pietism

KW - Prussian Enlightenment

KW - the Ho-henzollern dynasty

KW - Friedrich II, Weimar Republic, Nazism

M3 - статья

VL - 39

SP - 196

EP - 203

JO - БЫЛЫЕ ГОДЫ. РОССИЙСКИЙ ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ

JF - БЫЛЫЕ ГОДЫ. РОССИЙСКИЙ ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ

SN - 2073-9745

IS - 1

ER -