On the soviet past of the south Russian Cossacks: the oddities of a modern historiographic situation. (book review: Skorik A. P. The multiplicity of the Cossacks of south of Russia in the 1930's: historical essays. Rostov-on-Don, 2008. - 344 p.; Skorik A. P. Cossack of south Russia in the 1930's: on the frontier of historical destinies of social community. Rostov-on-Don, 2009. - 508 p.)

In the article two monographs of the Don historian A.P. Skorik «The Multiplicity of the Cossacks of South of Russia in the 1930s: Historical Essays» (Rostov-on-Don, 2008) and «Cossack of South Russia in the 1930s: On the Frontier of Historical Destinies of Social Community» (Rostov-on-Don, 2009) are analysed. Their comparative analysis is conducted with other published works on the history of the Cossacks of South of Russia in the 1930s. The article addresses the scientific novelty and scholarly contribution of the books to the development of Russian national historiography.