МИФ О РЕВОЛЮЦИИ 1917 ГОДА: ПЕРВЫЙ СОВЕТСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ПРОЕКТ

In: Ab imperio: studies of new imperial history and nationalism in the Post-Soviet space, Band 2001, Heft 1-2, S. 285-303

Abstract

SUMMARY:
Drawing on methodological riches of the debates surrounding the French and the Russian revolution, the author analyzes the process through which the myth of the Russian revolution was constructed in the Soviet Union from 1920s on. Gradually excluding the democratic elements and their role in the Revolution, the myth underscored the supposed unity within two opposite camps, the camp of the Bolsheviks and the "White" camp. The author argues that the transformation of the myth was related to the change in the political goals of the regime as the construction of the state emerged as a major task as opposed to the propagation of the world revolution.