The proletarian revolution in early books of Soviet Ukraine (1919—1927)

Abstract

In this article the author continues a series of explorations devoted to the analysis of Bolshevik literature of the first decade of Soviet power. This article focuses on the genre of "Bolshevik non-fiction", extended since the inception of the Soviet republic in Ukraine (1919) and especially actualized in honor of the fifth and tenth anniversaries of the Great October Revolution of 1917. The author is characterized by unique qualitative characteristics, namely: a synergistic presentation of revolutionary events, which makes it possible to simultaneously and comprehensively consider different episodes of complex political application; a chronicle detailing the revolutionary processes, while subsequently the details were either forgotten or consciously concealed; active use of personalization to the broad circles of the revolutionary participants, whereas in the future historical memory was sung only by individual, power-determined heroes. In addition, much of this literature was written shortly by repressed authors and therefore had a rather unfortunate fate: first it was sent to special funds (as it was done, in particular, in the Book Chamber of Ukraine), and then to catalog Stalin's confusions, catalog cards to particularly dangerous literature were noticed. rectangular ink stamp in blue with the words "removed". Even now, this inscription gives the impression of a speedy three-year sentence from the NKVD bodies. Given these circumstances, the author seeks to actualize the little-known Bolshevik memoirs, which are early books of Soviet Ukraine.