Modern national historiography on the historical importance of crowning Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov as tzar

Abstract

The paper investigates the problem of classification of historical importance of crowning Mikhail
Fyodorovich Romanov as Tzar by modern Russian historians in the context and the logic of development
of the era known as the “Time of Troubles”, or Smuta. Authors of this paper compare points
of view of Russian researchers, identify dominant historiographical trends related to definition of
criteria to evaluate important historical events. The paper provides proofs supporting an opinion that
modern Russian historiography is influenced both ante-revolutionary historiography and historiosophy
of the Soviet period. The authors assert that the use of the communicative theory for the historical
process creates an opportunity to objectively evaluate the place of monarchy in the medieval system
of coordinates, and to educe its direct relationship with dominant religious mindset of the society.