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Quantitative Historical Research in Estonia: A Case Study in Soviet Historiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Juhan Kahk
Juhan Kahk*
Affiliation:
Estonian Academy of Sciences
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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, historians in various parts of the Soviet Union began to explore the use of mathematical methods and computer technology in historical studies. This development occurred not only in Moscow, Leningrad, Novosibirsk, and Kiev, but also in Tallinn. A small group of historians at the Institute of History of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, in close collaboration with their colleagues in Moscow, made an effort to apply mathematical methods to the study of history. Thanks to the comradely support of the research centers of the Soviet Union, it was possible for the historians of this small republic to progress rapidly. As a result, their work has become known not only in the Soviet Union but abroad as well.

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Research Article
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Social Science History , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , Spring 1984 , pp. 193 - 200
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 1984 

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Editors’ Note: Hannelore L. Flessa-Jarausch provided editorial assistance with this article.

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