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15. Working Class – Thesis 1. 291
It becomes clear that roughly 66 percent of all doctoral theses were
based on Soviet influences, expectations, and ideology. 292 Another
important provision for researches was to find and develop ideologically
related topics and subjects in neighboring countries, such as Turkey
and Iran, and conduct the research according to certain ideological
constraints.
4. Historians Reach to the Sources
After having established the subject, the second important phase
starts, which is to attain the sources and evaluate the archival documents.
Because of the Soviet archives’ fidelity to the Soviet Union’s
Council of Ministers, Soviet historians who wanted to use the archives
had to apply for permission with a signed document from where the
authority of their workplace (newspaper, magazine, university etc.)
There had to be specific information about the subject they planned
to examine, the purpose of the subject, and the expected result, in
this signed document. Most of the time, even the research plan had
to be included. Generally, the pivotal and local political party archives
were only available to party members. The implementation about who
can use which documents was predetermined. If the documents were
not classified as confidential (sekretno) or very confidential (soverministrative
government and state government of Republic of Ukraine after Soviet
Union. Between 1994 and 1996, the private administrative affairs of President
Leonid Kuçma was followed by historian doctor D.Tabachik and the humanitarian
affairs vice supervisors of Prime Minister by academicians Ivan Kuras and
Valeriy Smoliy. For more information see: Вaсильев, Вaлерий, “От Киевской
Руси к Незaвисимой Укрaине: Новые концепции Укрaинской истории”,
Нaционaльные истории в Советской и Пост советских госудaрствaх, Moscow1999.
p. 215.
291 To see the accepted doctorate thesis during this period look to: Bibliography of
the Accepted Academic Thesises in Azerbaijan (years between 1920-1975), part
1, Elm publication, Baku 1981, p. 114-187.
292 During the years between 1920-1975, 40 doctorate thesis accepted simultaneously
in Azerbaijan. 22 of these 40 thesis were directly about part during the soviet
period, socialism, sacialist industry and likewise subjects. look.: Bibliography
of the Accepted Academic Thesises in Azerbaijan (years between 1920-1975), p.
164-187. See: Поспелов, П. Н., “Основные нaпрaвления нaучных исследовaний
и подготовки нaучно-педaгогических кaдров по истоии КПСС” Все союзное
совещaние о мерaхулучwения подготовки нaучно-педaгогических кaдров
по историческим нaукaм, Москвa 18-21 декaбрья 1962 г., Moscow, 1964, p.
15.