title: On the Cult of Alexander Kerenskii and Historiographical Tradition
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metadata.value: Lyandres, Semion M.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Nikolaev, Andrei B.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-06-29T10:09:50Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-06-29T10:09:50Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Lyandres S. M., Nikolaev A. B. On the Cult of Alexander Kerenskii and Historiographical Tradition. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2020, vol. 65, iss. 2, рp. 668–678.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2020.220
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/18380
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metadata.value: This essay discusses the recent monograph by the St. Petersburg historian B. I. Kolonitskii.
  Best known for his pioneering works on the revolutionary political culture, in this new book
  the distinguished historian focuses on the process by which a political cult was constructed
  around the figure of A. F. Kerenskii and on the development of the image and credentials
  through which Kerenskii represented himself (and was represented by his admirers) during
  the first months following the overthrow of the old regime. His pre-revolutionary image as a
  people’s tribune was supplanted by that of a revolutionary minister and later by the leader of
  the revolutionary army and savior of the Russian Revolution. The author pays special attention
  to Kerenskii’s deliberate efforts to cultivate the press and to bolster his revolutionary image
  through carefully crafted speeches and public appearances. According to the author, Kerenskii
  was his own most prolific and effective image-maker. Kolonitskii concludes the book by bringing
  up instructive comparisons with the later cults of Bolshevik leaders, though he sensibly
  avoids direct parallels or equations. However, the monograph is not free from omissions
  and contradictions. There is a glaring inconsistency between the part of the title referring to
  Kerenskii’s “antimonarchical revolution” and the absence of any substantive discussion of the
  ways in which this enormously important yet little studied question influenced the construction
  of his cult of the national leader. Kerenskii’s leadership during the first days of the February
  Revolution is overstated, while the timing of aspects of his cult creation by sympathetic
  writers during March-June should be attributed to subsequent weeks or months.
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: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 65; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: A. F. Kerenskii
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: leader of the revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cult of the leader
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: February Revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: M. V. Rodzianko
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: B. I. Kolonitskii
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: On the Cult of Alexander Kerenskii and Historiographical Tradition
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metadata.value: Article
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