Bad revolution, good tradition
Russia’s parties and the October Revolution
Andrej Linčenko, Daniil Anikin
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Revolution is in principle negative, while tradition – including Soviet tradition – is positive. The parties close to the state – particularly the “president’s party”, One Russia – share this position and re-interpret the Revolution as being a preliminary stage to state consolidation. The Russian nationalist LDPR goes one step further and represents a monarchist view. The CPRF, which regards itself as the protector of the legacy of the revolution, has to perform clever manoeuvers in order to attract voters whose world view is shaped by the resurgent Orthodox church. Only Yabloko, the liberal party, regards the February Revolution as having left a positive legacy that was then destroyed by the October Revolution.
(Osteuropa 6-8/2017, pp. 371–382)