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Main Trends on the Historiography of the Russian Revolution since the Dissolution of the Soviet System Park, Won-Yong This paper attempts to examine the changing historiography of the Russian Revolution after the fall of the Soviet system. The first main trend that can be singled out is the retreat of the revisionism. The revisionism on the Russian revolution have made a great contribution to disclosing the biased perspective on the Russian Revolution, but it has not fully paid attention to various reaction of people engulfed in the process of the revolution. As a result, it is vulnerable to criticisms from conservative historians who think that the revisionist interpretations on the revolution is nothing but the repetition of the orthodoxy view in the Soviet period. The second trend is the adoption of the methodology of the new cultural history, the results of which have widened the subjects of research and given chances of examining various kinds of historical agents hitherto neglected. The final trend is the consideration of the alternatives to the revolution. The renewed judgements on the last tsar of the Romanov dynasty and the political parties other than the Bolsheviks are all the attempts made in terms of this perspective. In sum, the historiography on the Russian Revolution would not be coalesced in the single viewpoint. The Russian Revolution will remain to the future generation as a lively historical objective stimulating colorful thoughts and debates.