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Lenin as an Object of Formalist Discourse: The Limits of the Literary and the Boundaries of Discipline

The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 2, Page 197-216, April 2026.
Abstract The analysis of Lenin’s language and rhetoric undertaken by the leading representatives of Russian Formalism in the pages of the journal LEF in early 1924 represents more than a tactical attempt to align Formalism with the mainstream of Bolshevik culture‐building in the context of the Soviet 1920s.
Alastair Renfrew
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Dilemmas of a ‘democratic peace’:World War One, the Zimmerwald Manifesto and the Russian Revolution [PDF]

, 2015
This article looks at the influence of the Zimmerwald Conference of 1915 on the peace policies of the Petrograd Soviet, the Socialist-Revolutionaries, the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks after February 1917.
King, Francis
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The Recriminalization of Homosexuality under Stalin: New Sources, New Answers

The Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 4, Page 660-680, October 2025.
Abstract Drawing on newly uncovered archival and printed sources, this article offers a fresh perspective on the recriminalization of homosexuality under Stalin by challenging key assumptions in existing historiography. It demonstrates that the OGPU did not actively advocate for new anti‐sodomy legislation. Although Leningrad homosexuals had been under
Irina Roldugina
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LSE RB feature essay: the centenary of the Russian Revolution by Geoffrey Swain [PDF]

, 2017
2017 marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution, which served as the inspiration for the recent LSE Literary Festival on the theme of ‘Revolution’. Following the publication of his new book, A Short History of the Russian Revolution (IB Tauris, 2017),
Swain, Geoffrey
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Cromwell, Robespierre, Stalin (and Lenin?): must revolution always mean catastrophe? [PDF]

, 2016
Leon Trotsky, reflecting on British history, wrote: ‘The 'dictatorship of Lenin' expresses the mighty pressure of the new historical class and its superhuman struggle against all the forces of the old society. If Lenin can be juxtaposed to anyone then it
Bowring, Bill
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February revolution and perestroika: genetic link or show of political technologists?

Наука. Культура. Общество, 2022
February Russian revolution attracted much attention in 2017, and during its discussion was revealed the unexpected similarity of its doctrine to the structure, goals, means, logic and organisation of "perestroika" approaches in 1985-1991.
Sergey G. Kara-Murza
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Women in the Revolutionary Movement of the Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries (the Case of the Kostroma Province)

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017
In the late 19th – early 20th centuries more than a half of the Kostroma province’s population was represented by women. By 1917 women made about 65 % of the population. Their activity had a significant impact on the result of revolutionary events.
Elena Yu. Volkova
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Borders in a Borderland: The Buryat‐Cossacks and the Buryat National Movement, 1917–21

The Russian Review, Volume 84, Issue 3, Page 403-421, July 2025.
Abstract Between the February revolution and the 1921 end of the Russian Civil War, Buryat nationalists built a nation around Lake Baikal. Leaders sought Buryat autonomy within a postrevolutionary Russian polity. A lengthy border with Mongolia framed the region’s political geography and state‐builders competed for Buryat allegiances, compelling Buryat ...
Griffin B. Creech
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The year of 1917 in Yaroslavl

Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории, 2017
The example of Yaroslavl shows the mutual influence of the events taking place at the capital level and in the provinces, on the course of the revolution. The main problem in the year 1917 was the split of the central and regional authorities.
Sergey Holyaev
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Lenin’s Lens: The Occupy Movement, an Infantile Disorder? [PDF]

, 2018
This paper offers a theoretical critique of the Occupy movement by drawing on V.I. Lenin’s work, Left-wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder (LWC). This work emphasizes the importance of recognizing political power within institutionalized political ...
Ibrahim, J, Roberts, JM
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