What Russian revolution?

Most states have unpredictable futures; Russia has unforeseen past. This was discovered this year in the Kremlin until the Russians knew in what official form to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution.

Manipulation of history for political purposes is not unusual. See the Trump administration and Civil War. But in Russia, going back to history has long been a political and ideological issue. The Grand Social Revolution of October” was the founding myth of the Soviet Union; November 7th [October 25th on the old Russian calendar] was the date of the uprising that brought up the tens of civilians, was the national holiday in which tanks, missiles, and soldiers emerged at Red Square.

The history of revolution and the Carist past, and the whole world, it was written to feed the myth of Soviet Russia as the Parrot of Civilization, contrary to the official version.

The end of the Soviet Union in 1991 questioned the story. The column of the totalitarian dictatorship that had desecrated the absolute monarchy forced the Russians to have painful choices - what to clone, what to condemn, and what to shine. Spectacular debate on the role of liberalism, democracy, or selection is still held.

Those who want a strong state, President Vladimir Putin among them, blame Lenin for the territorial cost he caused with the interruption of the war against Germany. The last car, Nicola II, is seen as a weak master who foolishly allowed the establishment of autocratics. The Russian Orthodox Church has run as a martyr.

The fall of communism is the beginning of freedom for some, the empire's coughing for others, and simply the irrelevant thing for Russians under 35 who, according to polls, don't know so much about 1917.

The revolution doesn't fit well with any of these Narraturists. The very concept of revolution sacred to Soviet mythology has been radically changed after chaos and poverty in the 1990s, and even today people say that despite everything “we cannot allow a revolution to occur.” That is also the thought that Putin shares, even though this may be the result of fear of losing power.

The story that Putin has sought to write is that in which his Russia is represented as the continuation of the great and powerful Russian state that has existed over the centuries, under the yoke of the Karad and the abundance of Serbs. In this vision, the revolution is seen as an obstacle promoted by foreigners. The chief of the Russian Society for History, Sergei Naryskin, said a lot when he spoke of the committee that would handle the 100th anniversary of the revolution: <x0) centers, especially those across the ocean, financed these movements. ”

The Kremlin could not simply polish the Russian Revolution. The official government order for commemorations referred to him as simply “the 1917 revolution in Russia” Not like the Great Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Socialists, or October, or some other name that would give you some clog. And the message Putin wanted to convey, was the need for reconciliation... “strengthening the social, political and citizen consensus that we managed to achieve today.” Even major national events were not planned.

Official silence doesn't mean there's been no excitement for this year's Jubilar. A film called “Matilda” about the relations between Nicole II while still king and a dancer named Mathilda sparked a nationwide rage before it went public. One lawmaker said he would be barred from ruining the image of the Russian holy Czar, Orthodox Christian extremists tried to set the theatre fire that would appear in Yekaterinburg, where the Karat family was killed, and the premiere in the past month demanded strict security measures. There's no control over the past. New York Times ) Periscope