Piotr Bitsilli and Socialism: From “Foundations of Socialism” (Odessa, 1917) to “History of Socialism” (Sofia, 1952)

Abstract: The paper is devoted the concept of socialism in the intellectual heritage of professor Piotr M. Bitsilli (1879–1953). The study is an attempt to reconstruct the changes in his personal scholarly thinking due to historical cataclysmic events of the 20^th century. Special attention is paid to the differences in the position of Bitsilli in the period of his emigration in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–1924) and Bulgaria (1924–1953). Based on some unpublished archival materials, as well as on the textbooks written by the historian, the article speaks on the necessity to comprehensively investigate the voluminous and diverse heritage of Piotr Bitsilli.

Keywords: Piotr M. Bitsilli, history of socialism, textbooks, the history of Russian emigration in Bulgaria.

Information about author: Tania N. Galcheva, Independent Researcher, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8684-6626

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For citation: Galcheva, Tania N. “Piotr Bitsilli and Socialism: from ‘Foundations of Socialism’ (Odessa, 1917) to ‘History of Socialism’ (Sofia, 1952).” Emigrantica. Issue 2: Piotr M. Bitsilli and the Humanities of the Russia Abroad, comp. M.A. Vasilieva, sci. ed. M.A. Vasilieva and A.V. Bakuntsev, ed. M.S. Shchavlinskii, D.V. Zaitsev. Moscow, IWL RAS Publ., 2024, pp. 316–331. (In Russian) https://doi.org/10.22455/Emigr.3034-3518-2024-2-316-331

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Received: 31 July 2021
Approved after reviewing: February 20, 2022
Date of publication: December 26, 2024

Piotr Bitsilli and Socialism: From “Foundations of Socialism” (Odessa, 1917) to “History of Socialism” (Sofia, 1952)

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