{"id":10403,"date":"2017-11-14T07:54:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T07:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=10403"},"modified":"2017-11-14T03:12:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T03:12:11","slug":"what-would-you-do-in-1917-russian-writers-on-the-anniversary-of-the-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/what-would-you-do-in-1917-russian-writers-on-the-anniversary-of-the-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"“What Would You Do In 1917?” Russian Writers On The Anniversary of the Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By \u041e\u0446\u0443\u043f (1883\u20131963) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p><\/div>November 7 marked the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution<\/a> in Russia. The Russian magazine\u00a0\u0414\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u0431\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0432 (Friendship of the People)\u00a0<\/em>asked several writers about their outlook on that event.<\/p>\n

Each person was asked the following questions, abridged here:<\/p>\n

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    \n
  1. \u0421 \u043a\u0435\u043c \u0432\u044b?\u00a0 \u041a\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0449\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0432\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435? \u041a\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0301\u043c \u0445\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0301\u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c \u0431\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0435 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0301\u0438? \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u044b \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0441\u043d\u044f\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u044b\u0301\u0431\u043e\u0440?
    \nWho are you with? Who are you defending and who are you struggling against? What future would you like to see for Russia? How do you explain your choice?<\/li>\n
  2. \u0423 \u0432\u0430\u0441 \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e\u0301\u0436\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u043b\u0438\u044f\u0301\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0431\u044b\u0301\u0442\u0438\u0439 \u0438 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0301\u0442\u044c \u0438\u0445, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u0430\u043c \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f. \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0431\u044b \u0432\u044b \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0440\u0438\u044e? \u041a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0439 \u0438\u0437\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u0438 \u0431\u044b \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0439?
    \nIf you could influence how events unfolded and direct them however you pleased, how would you have changed history? What social structure would you have picked?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    The full list of responses<\/a> is available on the magazine’s website, but let us look at some of them below.<\/p>\n

    \u0414\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u0411\u044b<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0432<\/h2>\n

    Poet, novelist, and journalist Dmitry Bykov<\/a> (\u0414\u043c\u0438\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u0411\u044b\u043a\u043e\u0432<\/strong>) supposes<\/a> he would have joined or at least coexisted with the Bolsheviks:<\/p>\n

    \u0412\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0301 \u044f \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b\u044e\u0301 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0448\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0431\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0447\u0438, \u0438 \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0301\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c \u0431\u044b, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u041b\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0438\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043b\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442 \u0438\u0301\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u0448\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0431: \u0440\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0301\u043a\u0430, \u0430 \u043d\u0435 \u0442\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u044d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0301\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0438, \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0447\u0435\u0439 \u043c\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0447\u0451\u0432\u043a\u0438. \u0412\u0441\u0451 \u044d\u0301\u0442\u043e \u043e\u0301\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0438\u0301\u0432\u043d\u043e, \u043d\u043e \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0301\u043d\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430\u0301 \u043d\u0430\u0438\u0301\u0432\u0435\u043d.<\/p>\n

    In general, I like large-scale challenges, and I would have thought that Lenin was offering that kind of scale \u2014 a radical transformation of humans, and not just of the economy, politics, and other minutiae. All of this is very na\u00efve, but people are always na\u00efve about contemporary events.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    By Mark Nakoykher (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p><\/div>At the same time, he dismisses the second question, saying “\u041d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u043d\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0437\u044f\u0301 \u0431\u044b\u0301\u043b\u043e \u0431\u044b \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c” (“Nothing could have been changed”).<\/p>\n

    \u0410<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/h2>\n

    Essayist Anna Matveeva (\u0410\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/strong>) wrote a whole fantasy\/science fiction story<\/a> where she remembers helping her daughter write an essay on what she would have done in 1917.<\/p>\n

    …\u0435\u0301\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0301\u0442\u043a\u043e \u0432\u044b\u0301\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043b\u0438\u0301\u0447\u043d\u043e \u043c\u043e\u0451 \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043a \u044d\u0301\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0441\u0443, \u044f \u043d\u0438 \u0441\u0435\u043a\u0443\u0301\u043d\u0434\u044b \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0430\u0301\u044f\u0441\u044c, \u0443\u0435\u0301\u0445\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0431\u044b \u0437\u0430 \u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0301\u0446\u0443.<\/p>\n

    … to briefly express my personal attitude to this issue, I would go abroad without the slightest hesitation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u0428\u0430\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u00a0\u0418\u0434\u0438\u0430\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u043b\u043b\u0438\u043d<\/h2>\n

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    By Svklimkin (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>], via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p><\/div>Writer Shamil Idiatullin (\u0428\u0430\u043c\u0438\u043b\u044c \u0418\u0434\u0438\u0430\u0442\u0443\u043b\u043b\u0438\u043d<\/strong><\/a>) thinks there is nothing he could have said<\/a> to the revolutionary leaders to change the course of history:<\/p>\n

    \u0414\u0430 \u0438 \u043e \u0447\u0451\u043c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c-\u0442\u043e?\u00a0\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u0301\u0442\u044c \u041b\u0435\u0301\u043d\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0438 \u0422\u0440\u043e\u0446\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043d\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0442 \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0301\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0448\u0442\u044b\u043a\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0433\u043e\u043d\u044f\u0301\u0442\u044c \u0436\u0438\u0432\u044b\u0301\u0445 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0301\u0439 \u0432 \u043d\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0443\u0301\u044e \u0443\u0442\u043e\u0301\u043f\u0438\u044e?<\/p>\n

    What could I have asked for? Ask Lenin and Trotsky to give up sooner on their willingness to use force to drive living people into a dead utopia?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    However, he does wish the Tatar people<\/a> had won true self-determination within the new republic:<\/p>\n

    … \u043c\u043e\u0301\u0436\u043d\u043e \u043f\u043e\u043c\u0435\u0447\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c \u0438 \u043e \u0442\u043e\u043c, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0441\u043e\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0441\u0442 \u0412\u0430\u0445\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0432 … \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0432\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c \u041d\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0430\u0446 \u0438\u0434\u0435\u0301\u044e \u0412\u043e\u043b\u0433\u043e-\u0423\u0440\u0430\u0301\u043b\u044c\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0448\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0442\u0430, \u0441\u0432\u0435\u0301\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0301\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0441 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0443\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0301\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u044d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u0301\u043c\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0439, \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0434\u043e\u0439 \u0440\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0301\u0433\u0438\u0439, \u0440\u0430\u0301\u0432\u0435\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u043c \u0440\u0443\u0301\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0440\u0443\u0301\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u044f\u0437\u044b\u043a\u043e\u0301\u0432 \u0441 \u043f\u0438\u0301\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0435 \u043b\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0301\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0430\u043b\u0444\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0430…<\/p>\n

    … you could dream of the socialist Waxitov<\/a> … pushes through the People’s Commissariat of Nationalities<\/a> the idea of a Volga-Ural State, a secular state with a mixed economy, freedom of religion, and equal treatment of Russian and non-Russian languages with a Latin-based alphabet…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Have you read any other analyses or “what-ifs” about the revolution?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"crowd

    November 7 marked the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia. The Russian magazine\u00a0\u0414\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0431\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432 (Friendship of the People)\u00a0asked several writers about their outlook on that event. Each person was asked the following questions, abridged here: \u0421 \u043a\u0435\u043c \u0432\u044b?\u00a0 \u041a\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0437\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0449\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0301 \u0432\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0430\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435? \u041a\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0301\u043c \u0445\u043e\u0442\u0438\u0301\u0442\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0301\u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c \u0431\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0435 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0301\u0438? \u041a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u044b \u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0441\u043d\u044f\u0301\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0439…<\/p>\n

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