МИФЫ И РИТУАЛЫ РОМАНТИЧЕСКОГО ПЕРИОДА СОВЕТСКОЙ ИСТОРИИ: О МОНОГРАФИИ Е.В. БАРЫШЕВОЙ ""В ВЕСЕЛОМ ГРОХОТЕ, В ОГНЯХ И ЗВОНАХ": СОВЕТСКИЙ ПРАЗДНИК В СОЦИАЛЬНОМ КОНСТРУИРОВАНИИ НОВОГО ОБЩЕСТВА"

Abstract

The article analyzes the monograph by E.V. Barysheva, about the most pressing issues of modern historical writing. The author of the monograph turns to the theory of social design and the notion of “social concept”, which allow taking a new approach to and rethink the profound changes that occurred in Russian society after the revolution of 1917–1922, when looking at them from the perspective of macro-design, aimed at mythological refraction in the consciousness of people of the socialist idea. Particular attention is drawn to the theoretical and methodological foundations of the monograph, which are presented in detail by the author. E.V. Barysheva rightly emphasizes that recently the interest of researchers of the Soviet period of Russian history has focused on understanding the process of formation of Soviet rituals, their symbolic-visual aspect and the influence of the system of holidays and rituals on the formation of the “new man”. However, the process of accepting the new ideology and cultural values was not easy. E.V. Barysheva notes that the evidence of contemporaries speaks of a critical and negative attitude towards Soviet public holidays, which was caused both by the economic difficulties of the time and by the ideological rejection of the new system. Complete unanimity between the population and the authorities was not formed. In the data collected by agents of the information departments of the OGPU, special attention was paid to the people’s attitude towards the communists and Stalin, and to the assessment of the pre-revolutionary period. In conversations between workers and peasants, distrust of the authorities, cases of rejection of demonstrations, the routine nature of the holiday events, and the passivity and fatigue of people were noted.