Ethnicization of historical imagination in transitive societies

The author takes as a premise a thesis, that the history plays a special role in the development of national identity and memory. This role of history is especially relevant in the transitive societies. The history is closely intertwined with the nationalism. The nationalist intellectuals aspire to provide the society with the historical narratives in the nationalist terms. These activities of the nationalists lead to various consequences. It contributes to diffusion of standards of a historical research and encourages the politicization of the historiography.