Общественно-политический дискурс и советская историография истории Северо-Востока СССР в 1950-е - начале 1980-х гг.

The article discusses the socio-political discourse and scientific views on the post-Stalin history of the USSR's North-East published in the Soviet Union in the 1950s through the early 1980s. Particular attention is paid to aspects of state administration as a key factor in the regional development. In regional historiography, the author identifies three main development stages, differing in the research themes, methodology, and source base. The paper analyzes the scientific publication coverage of power and governance issues in the context of the confrontation between Dalstroy and the Communist party organs of Khabarovsk Krai, as well as the role of Magadan Oblast formation in 1953 in transforming the regional historical concept. The author shows the thesis dominant in socio-political discourse about the leading role of the Communist party organs in the development of the region and the negative influence of Dalstroy determining the framework for interpreting the region's past in scientific works. The article traces the evolution of assessing Dalstroy activities, industrial development, science, and the status of indigenous peoples in the works of historians, economists, and ethnographers, revealing differences between ideological and scientific approaches to regional studies. The author comes to the conclusion on a gradual accumulation of factual materials and overcoming of ideological cliches in the late Soviet period. It is emphasized that the Soviet historiography of the 1950s - early 1980s had serious limitations in covering the history of the North-East, due to ideological bias, limited access to archives, one-sided assessments, and suppression of inconvenient facts. Simultaneously, the emergence of studies characterized by a more balanced approach, introducing new sources into scientific circulation, raising important research questions and containing valuable factual material, is noted as the foundation for further in-depth study of the regional history.