MAPPING CULTURAL MEMORY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS

The paper reassesses the cultural memory of the ends and beginnings of the major social project of the 20th century - the socialist project. At first, the paper discusses readiness of the academic society for an adequate interpretation of the revolutions in 1917 and the events of 1991-1993, which can be defined as a revolution given their major social impact. Then using the methodology of mapping cultural memory of the various revolutionary events, the conclusions are drawn on inaccurate concept of 'revolution' which is incorporated to cultural memory, amnesia concerning the Russian revolutions, and the manipulations over the memory of these historical events in order to address the short-term political issues. On the base of these conclusions the importance of a thorough rethinking of the Russian revolutions within the state information policy strategy is justified.