title: In Search of a New Identity: A Study of Youth Representations in Autobiographies of the Early 1920s
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metadata.value: Rybakov, R. V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-07-07T18:52:17Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-07-07T18:52:17Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-06
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metadata.value: Rybakov R. V. ‘In Search of a New Identity: A Study of Youth Representations in Autobiographies of the Early 1920s’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 426–439.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2020.210
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/18550
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article seeks to clarify the heuristic possibilities of studying the socio-political identity of young
  people by using autobiographical material. The main source of data are Komsomol autobiographies, prepared in
  1922 in connection with ongoing revisions of the composition of active members of the Russian Communist Youth
  Union in the Omsk province. These materials reflect not only the individual experiences of people living in a particular
  historical epoch, but also as one means of constructing collective identity and social memory. Young people
  chose different strategies for describing their lives. In preparing their autobiographies, boys and girls intuitively
  focused on those events that allowed them to demonstrate their commitment to communist ideals and proximity
  to Soviet power. Despite qualitative differences, a comparison of autobiographies identifies several recurring themes and motifs: childhood, education, family relationships, and memories of the revolution and the Civil War.
  In an effort to meet social and political demands, young people did not hide their shortcomings. Non-proletarian
  origin, received education, and religious education turned into a peculiar mechanism of justification and self-criticism.
  Thus was formed the positive image of a person who rejects his former life and its values. The preparation
  of autobiographies served an important socio-political function of legitimizing the personality and its status in the
  communist youth union.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Ministry of Education
  of the Omsk Region, project no. 18-49-550004.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 10; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: youth
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: everyday life
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet identity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: autobiography
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Komsomol
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Omsk
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: In Search of a New Identity: A Study of Youth Representations in Autobiographies of the Early 1920s
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metadata.value: Article
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