Features of the assessment of the mongolian religious policy by russian researchers

Abstract

Аuthors of the article conditionally divided the historiography into two groups: survey
studies; special works devoted to the study of sources. Based on the analysis, the researchers determined
the features of the assessment of the Mongolian religious policy. They defined the researcher’s
approach to this problem. In the article it was characterized the conceptual approach and was carried
out a comparative analysis of the religious policy of the Mongols in the modern period. It is shown that
the conclusions of the authors became the foundation for subsequent works in this direction. It was made
an attempt to show the continuity of scientific views and those aspects of this problem that have yet to
be revealed. Despite the small number of works and their specificity, we can say that pre-revolutionary
historians managed to solve a number of complex problems: it was formulated a more or less objective
view of the religious policy of the Mongol khans; at the result of the introduction of a large number of
different sources into scientific circulation, it was formed a critical view of the problem; there was an
understanding that the relationship of the Mongol khans with the conquered peoples was not unambiguous;
methods of studying history (positivism) appeared; a calmer view of the activities of the Mongol
rulers, including in the field of religious policy, has taken shape.