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Book SynopsisThe year 2017 saw a multitude of conferences and exhibitions devoted to the centenary of the Russian Revolutions, both in Russia and in other parts of the world. The commemoration of this event would be incomplete without an exploration of its Northern dimension; in October 2017, the University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway hosted the conference
The Russian Revolutions of 1917: The Northern Impact and Beyond.
Norway and Russia are both northern states, and the two countries have a common border in the High North. Some articles in this volume, based on the conference proceedings, investigate the impact of the Russian Revolution in Norway and Sweden, while others deal with the High North, e.g. the Revolution and Civil War in Northern Russia and the radicalization of the workers' movement of Northern Norway; some are also devoted to representations of the Russian Revolution at exhibitions and on the big screen.
Trade Review“Taken together, this study of the ‘northern dimension’ of the Russian Revolution provides some interesting insights. On a practical level, scholars who do not command Scandinavian languages will find it useful to read overviews of national historiographic discussions on the topic, and can gain an understanding of how the Russian Revolution affected that region. On a larger interpretative scale, this volume confirms the recent historiographical trend that shifts attention from the grand ideas and major political events of the Russian Revolution to its different regional contexts and particular local circumstances.”
—L. G. Novikova, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Slavonic and East European Review
“This collaborative effort to explore the events of 1917 and their impact on Norway and Sweden in particular, constitutes a valuable source for those interested in studying the reception of the Russian Revolution of 1917 by other countries as well as its various impacts in those countries.”
—Ayse Dietrich, International Journal of Russian Studies
Table of Contents
- Cover Picture: An Explanatory Note
- Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- A Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- Kari Aga Myklebost, Jens Petter Nielsen and Andrei Rogatchevski, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
- Part One: The Northern Impact
- 1. The Russian Revolution and Civil War in the North: Contemporary Approaches and Understanding
- Vladislav I. Goldin, Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk
- 2. The Russian Revolution in Sweden: Some Genetic and Genealogical Perspectives
- Klas-Gøran Karlsson, University of Lund, Sweden
- 3. The Idea of a Liberal Russia: The Russian Revolutions of 1917 and the Norwegian Slavist Olaf Broch
- Kari Aga Myklebost UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
- 4. Arkhangelsk Province and Northern Norway in 1917–1920: Foreign Property and Capital after the October Revolution of 1917
- Tatiana Troshina and Ekaterina Kotlova, Northern (Arctic) Federal University,
- 5. Russian Emigration to Norway after the Russian Revolution and Civil War
- Victoria Tevlina, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
- 6. Soviet Diplomacy in Norway and Sweden in the Interwar Years: The Role of Alexandra Kollontai
- Åsmund Egge, University of Oslo
- 7. Apprentices of the World Revolution: Norwegian Communists at the Communist University of the National Minorities of the West (KUNMZ) and the International Lenin School, 1926–1937
- Ole Martin Rønning, The Norwegian Labor Movement Archives and Library, Oslo
- 8. The Impact of the October Revolution on the North-Norwegian Labor Movement
- Hallvard Tjelmeland, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
- Part Two: Beyond
- 9. Avant-garde Artists vs. Reindeer Herders: The Kazym Rebellion in Aleksei Fedorchenko's Angels of the Revolution (2014)
- Andrei Rogatchevski, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
- 10. 1917: The Evolution of Russian Émigré Views to the Revolution
- Catherine Andreyev, University of Oxford
- 11. Russian Revolutions Exhibited: Behind the Scenes
- Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia, The British Library
- 12. The Revolution of 1917 and the Kremlin's Policy of Remembrance
- Jens Petter Nielsen, UiT. The Arctic University of Norway
- Index of Names
