The history of Russia in the assessments and interpretations of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin: an experience of holistic reconstruction

The article reconstructs the views and assessments of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin regarding the main stages, events and personalities of Russian history. The research is based on Putin’s public statements on historical issues as president and prime minister. The historical views of the first person of the state are correlated in the article, on the one hand, with the policy he implements, and on the other, with the development of Russian historiography.