Memories on Demand: Narratives about 1917 in Russia’s Online Publics

Anna Litvinenko and Andrei Zavadski

Europe-Asia Studies, 2020, vol. 72, issue 10, 1657-1677

Abstract: This article analyses the digital remembrance of the Russian Revolution in the year of its centenary. It examines what memory narratives about 1917 were constructed by leading Russian online media in 2017, in the absence of an overarching narrative about the event imposed by the state. The authors reveal a multiplicity of digital memories about the revolution and discuss their implications for the regime’s stability. It is argued that the flexible nature of digital remembrance does not necessarily challenge authoritarian rule and can even work in its favour by allowing one to target—and satisfy—various sections of a fragmented society.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2020.1791801

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