Istoriografiya Russko-Britanskikh Otnosheniy XVI - Nachala XVII VV.

Polveka, nachinaya s otkrytiya Rossii anglichanami v avguste 1553 g. i do smerti angliyskoy korolevy Elizavety I v aprele 1603 g., sostavlyayut osobyy etap v istorii dvustoronnikh svyazey, kogda opredelilis' i ikh osnovnye napravleniya: torgovye, diplomaticheskie, kul'turnye. K ikh izucheniyu chasto obrashchalis' issledovateli sovetskoy epokhi i rubezha XX - XXI vv., osobenno posle Vtoroy mirovoy voyny, naibolee detal'no rassmotrev popytki ustanovleniya russko-britanskogo soyuza i otrazhenie temy Moskovii v mnogochislennykh zapiskakh angliyskikh diplomatov i puteshestvennikov. Pri etom ryad vazhnykh aspektov dvustoronnikh otnosheniy vyzyvaet protivorechivye otsenki ili ostaetsya maloizuchennym. Avtorom vpervye v mirovoy istoricheskoy nauke ocherchen krug issledovaniy sovetskogo i postsovetskogo vremeni, posvyashchennykh zarozhdeniyu russko-britanskikh svyazey, obstoyatel'no opredelena problematika etikh rabot, ikh istochnikovaya baza, vyyasneno, kakie voprosy dvustoronnikh svyazey reshalis' ves'ma edinodushno, a kakie sluzhili predmetom diskussiy. Avtorom ukazany faktory i vnenauchnogo poryadka, obuslovivshie, osobenno nakanune i v pervye gody posle Vtoroy mirovoy voyny, traktovki nachal'nogo etapa russko-britanskikh svyazey.