Passions of the Revolution: The Emotional Elements of 1917

The 1917 Revolution is a frequent subject of study for modern historians. But how close have they come to understanding its nature in more than a hundred years? Vladimir Buldakov believes that modern social science tends to skim the surface of external events instead of penetrating into the essence of one of the main tectonic shifts in Russian history. Using archival documents, diaries and memoirs of contemporaries, he — contrary to widespread interpretations — seeks to show that the revolution was not subject to political logic, but was rather a spontaneous uprising, for the reality of which the country was not ready. This is why V. Buldakov refuses to try to describe the revolution as a controlled project and offers the reader an emotional chronicle of events. This chronicle is intended to answer the question: how was the utopia of the world revolution covered by the bloody fog of the "red turmoil"? Vladimir Buldakov is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Chief Researcher at the Center for the Study of Modern Russian History and Political Science. The author of several hundred works on the history of Russia in the late 19th - early 20th centuries.