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Author Holmes, Larry E. (Larry Eugene), 1942- author.

Title Revising the revolution : the unmaking of Russia's official history of 1917 / Larry E. Holmes.

Publication Info. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 195 pages) : illustrations (some color)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Istpart's origins and mission -- At the periphery -- Multiple scripts for 1905 and 1917 -- Viatka's 1917 Revolution in the past and the present -- Fractured finances -- Moscow's embrace of the political -- The passing of Istpart and professional civility -- Methodology ex Cathedra: Stalin speaks and Istpart's legacy -- Their fate.
Summary "The clash between scholarship and politics-between truth and propaganda-was ruthless for historians in Istpart, the Russian Communist Central Committee's official historical department. As part of the state publishing house, Istpart was tasked with preserving the documentary record, compiling memoirs, and upholding ideological conformism within the national narrative of the 1917 revolution. In Revising the Revolution, Larry E. Holmes examines the role of Ispart's historians, both in the Moscow office and a regional branch in Viatka, who initially believed they could adhere to the traditional standards of research and simultaneously provide a history useful to the party. However, they quickly realized that the party rejected any version of history that suggested nonideological or nonpolitical sources of truth. By 1928, Istpart had largely abandoned its mission to promote scholarly work on the 1917 revolution and instead advanced the party's master narrative. Revising the Revolution explores the battle for the Russian national narrative and the ways in which history can be used to centralize power"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Istpart, Otdel T͡S.K.R.K.P.(b.) po izuchenii͡u istorii Okti͡abrʹskoĭ revoli͡ut͡sii i R.K.P.(b.) -- History.
Istpart, Otdel T͡S.K.R.K.P.(b.) po izuchenii͡u istorii Okti͡abrʹskoĭ revoli͡ut͡sii i R.K.P.(b.)
History.
Istpart, Otdel T͡SK VKP(b) po izuchenii͡u istorii Okti͡abrʹskoĭ revoli͡ut͡sii i VKP(b) -- History.
Istpart, Otdel T͡SK VKP(b) po izuchenii͡u istorii Okti͡abrʹskoĭ revoli͡ut͡sii i VKP(b)
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Historiography.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936 -- Historiography.
Soviet Union.
Chronological Term 1917-1936
Subject Politics and government.
Historiography.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Politics and government -- Historiography.
Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Holmes, Larry E. (Larry Eugene), 1942- Revising the revolution. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021 9780253054784 (DLC) 2020039203
ISBN 9780253054807 (electronic book)
025305480X (electronic book)
9780253054784 (hardcover)
9780253054791 (paperback)