We consider the historiography of the Russian agrarian science in emigration in Europe during the 1920s-1930s. We examine the evolution of domestic historians' views on the problem of formation of agrarian scientific schools in the Russian diaspora, the work of individual scientists, their assessment of the Soviet authorities' agrarian policy, the pros- pects of development of the Russian countryside. It is concluded that the close relationship of historiography and politi- cal situation in the Soviet and post-Soviet Russia hindered an objective evaluation of the agrarian thought of the Russian diaspora of the 1920s-1930s. It follows from our analysis that neither the Soviet nor the post-Soviet historiography con- tains any deep scientific works comprehensively covering the key trends in the Russian ?migr? agrarian thought. Histo- rians' attention was focused either on the views of individual scholars or on specific aspects of the development of Rus- sian scientific schools abroad.
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