The Civil War and Russian Society: Relapses of Confrontation and Stages of National Reconciliation (To the 100th Anniversary of the End of the Russian Civil War)

This article examines the consequences of the Civil War, that had an impact on the life and functioning of the political system of Soviet society, as well as modern Russia. In the citizenries mass mind complex and contradictory processes are still going on. It indicates that the social split has not been completely overcome. Despite the large number of works devoted to the issues of the Civil War, it is not paid enough attention to the political, moral and mental consequences of the Civil War. This circumstance significantly hinders the process of national reconciliation on the most important issues of the country’s past and hinders the formation of socio-political unity of Russian society. The authors substantiate the need for a consolidated view of the Russian nation on the events of the Civil War, based on the absolute priority of the self-value of Russian statehood as the main form of survival of the people and the special mission of the unique Russian civilization in a multipolar world. In modern Russian society there is an extremely acute need to form a stable rejection of violent ways to resolve social problems and contradictions, radical methods of transforming various spheres of public life. The creation of an effective state-legal mechanism based on the development of a national consensus may prevent the repetition of such tragedies in the future of our country

Великая Российская революция на страницах отечественных школьных учебников истории

В работе посвящена анализу освещения темы "Великая Российская революция" на страницах школьных учебников советского и современного периодов, а так же рассмотрению причин, предпосылок и движущих сил революционных процессов в отечественной и зарубежной историографии

СТОЛЕТИЕ РОССИЙСКОЙ РЕВОЛЮЦИИ 1917 ГОДА В ФОКУСЕ АНТИРОССИЙСКОЙ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЙ ПРОПАГАНДЫ

The article analyzes the anti-Russian historical narrative focused on the 1917 events. The relevance of the theme is determined bythe wide-ranging discussion on the Russian revolution due toits anniversary. The authors solve the problem of the scientific criticism of the anti-Russian myths, focused on the assessments and interpretations of the two Russian revolutions of 1917. In the article there are shown the ideological basis and political context of the coverage of the events of 1917. The authors analyze 5 historical ideologemes, which are disseminated in the public consciousness. They also show the cognitive and political implications of adopting the respective ideology. As a typical liberal myth, the authors regard the interpretation of the October Revolution as “stolen freedom” provided by the February revolution. In the article there is shown that through the myth of “stolen freedom” the whole history of Russia is presented as a reproduction of the “totalitarian regime”. The authors prove the incorrectness of showing Bolsheviks as the initiators of the use of mass terror tactics, to which all major opposing forces resorted. There is considered the connection of the interpretation of the Revolution as the manifestation of the “Russian rebellion” with the Russophobic myth of the Russian barbarism. The authors criticize the idea of the Bolshevik imperialism, which is allegedly based on the ideology of world revolution. The article gives the deconstruction of the myth of the Bolshevik regime illegitimacy and shows the cognitive contradictions of the attempts to counter the concepts of “October Revolution” and “October Coup”. The authors reveal that the thesis of the Constituent Assembly, as an illustration of the Bolshevik illegitimacy, doesn’t correspondent to the historical facts. The authors conclude that the issues of covering the events of both the Revolutionand the Great Patriotic War are linked to the national security of Russia.Статья посвящена анализу антироссийского исторического нарратива, фокусируемого на событийной канве 1917 г. Предложена авторская методика деконструкции антироссийской исторической пропаганды. Выявляются идеологические основы и политический контекст освящения событий 1917 г. в России. Непосредственному критическому анализу подвергнуто пять наиболее распространяемых в общественном сознании исторических идеологем. Показаны когнитивные и политические последствия принятия соответствующих идеологем