Russia in the civil war: northern regional dimension

The article investigates the studying of regional problems of the Russia's Civil War, primarily in the Russian North. The author characterizes the literature published in connection with the centenary of the events. Central attention is paid to the coverage of regional issues, mainly to the problems, processes and events of the Civil War in the Russian North in the encyclopedia entitled Russia in the Civil War. The study reveals whether the quality of the articles in this edition corresponds to the modern level of historiography of the history of the Civil War in the North, indicating the errors and distortions in the encyclopedia materials discovered as a result of the content analysis. The conclusions are drawn about the need to correct erroneous statements presented on the pages of this edition. The article characterizes the prospects of studying the problems of the Civil War in Russia and the Russian North.