Sogomonov A. Ju. Leo Tolstoy. Forget the Past: fiction or historical truth. Obshaya tetrad'. Herald of the School for civic education. 2020. No. 80 (4). Pp. 74-97. Sogomonov A. Ju. Leo Tolstoy. Forget the Past: fiction or historical truth. Obshaya tetrad`. Herald of the School for civic education. 2020. No. 80 (4). Pp. 74-97. ISBN 978-5-93895-132-7DOI нетPosted on site: 24.09.21Текст статьи на сайте журнала URL: https://otetrad.ru/article-1936.html (дата обращения 24.09.2021)AbstractThe evolution of the Leo Tolstoy's ideas on history and civic education through history is under the examenation in the article. His socio-philosophical and ideoliogical influnce was huge. And perhaps his interpretation of history and its significance for social knowledge was dominant in the second half of the 19-th century. Tolstoy rejected historical scientism and even History as academic science, paying tribute for collective memory and literary fiction. His principle forget the past is still valid for modern Russian discourse.