Evaluation of the role of the Bolsheviks in the Chita armed uprising of 1905-1906 in Soviet historiography

The article examines the Soviet literature on the role of Social Democrats in the Chita armed uprising during the First Russian Revolution. As a result of the analysis of historiographical sources of the 1920-1980s, the author reveals the facts of the clear predominance of ideological and didactic tasks in them. This was determined by the necessity to propagandize the traditions of the Communist Party and the experience of the class struggle for the ideological education of the masses. At the same time, the assessment of the Bolshevik leadership of the uprising did not exclude scientific interests, which began to appear at the last stage of Soviet historiography. In the 1960-1980s the issue of the completeness of the seizure of power in Transbaikalia was addressed, the functions of the revolutionary organs of the uprising were considered, but the conclusions about the outstanding role of the Leninist Party in it remained unchanged. As a result, the author concludes that the topic remained unfinished in the Soviet period of historiography and requires its further study on the problems defined in this article.