Revising the Revolution - by Larry E Holmes (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Revising the Revolution explores the battle for the Russian national narrative and the ways in which history can be used to centralize power.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p><p>Istpart was tasked with preserving the documentary record, compiling memoirs, and upholding ideological conformism within the national narrative of the 1917 revolution. In <i>Revising the Revolution</i>, Larry E. Holmes examines the role of Istpart's historians, in both 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. </p><p><i>Revising the Revolution</i> explores the battle for the Russian national narrative and the ways in which history can be used to centralize power.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><i>Revising the Revolution</i> is an interesting contribution to specifics of history and politics in the Soviet Union supporting the claim that the province did not follow the centre. It was a sort of specific mimicry: The local conflict over biographies and involvement in the 1917 revolution resembled the discussion sparked by Trotsky's article The lessons of October. In other words, the writing on the October Revolution in the USSR in the 1920s and 1930s was about one's own biography. That does not bode well for a historian, as overcoming the temptation to attack the contemporary political opponent and embellish one's own involvement is very hard if not impossible. Time and distance are needed, as well as a lack of political pressure. This is the lesson of Holmes' book.</p>--Bartlomiej Gajos "H-Soz-Kult"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Larry E. Holmes is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of South Alabama. He is author of <i>Kremlin and the Schoolhouse: Reforming Education in Soviet Russia, 1917-1931</i>; <i>Stalin's School: Moscow's Model School No. 25, 1931-1937</i>; and <i>Stalin's World War II Evacuations: Triumph and Troubles in Kirov</i>.</p>
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