title: “The law of Thermidor” in the political history of Russia
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metadata.value: Lantsov, Sergey A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-05-17T08:15:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-05-17T08:15:28Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-03
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metadata.value: Lantsov S. A. “The law of Thermidor” in the political history of Russia. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Political Science. International Relations, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, pp. 24–32.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu06.2018.103
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/10227
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article refers to the “Thermidor law”, characteristic of all great revolutions. The author
  states that after a period of radical destruction of the old foundations, a period of full or partial
  restoration of the previously destroyed orders, institutions and relations begins. This trend is
  called, by analogy with the events of the Great French Revolution, “the law of the Thermidor”.
  The article notes that after the October Revolution in Russia, Lenin and other leaders of the
  Bolsheviks constantly feared the offensive of the “Thermidor”, which they understood as the
  victory of the counter-revolution. To avoid this, the Bolsheviks strived to maximally radicalize
  their transformations, and after the failure of the policy of “war communism” they tried
  to implement “self-thermidorization” in the form of a New Economic Policy. However, the
  Bolsheviks failed to avoid a return wave. According to L. Trotsky, one of the leaders of the
  October Revolution, the “thermidor” was the establishment of the Stalinist regime. Trotsky saw signs of the Thermidor in the revival of a number of social principles destroyed during the
  revolutionary years. It is noted in the article that, with reference to the Stalin period, one can
  speak of an “imaginary thermidor”, since Stalin did not refuse the main goals of the October
  Revolution, but the emergence of the Stalinist regime, from the original revolutionary practice
  of the Bolsheviks, was the result of the action of the “Thermidor law”. The article states that the
  effect of the same law was manifested in the period of political and economic changes in the
  USSR and Russia in the late 20th and early 21st century.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Political Science. International Relations;Volume 11; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Thermidor law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lenin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Trotsky
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Kautsky
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Stalin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: perestroika
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: “The law of Thermidor” in the political history of Russia
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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