Mapping Imagined Geographies of Revolutionary Russia

BolshevikCategory: politics


describes the political identity, "Bolshevism," a sectarian offshoot of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party, which was founded by Vladimir Lenin in 1903 and stood for violent overthrow of the tsarist state and "dictatorship of the proletariat"; functionally Bolshevism stood for rule by one party, itself ruled by a single autocratic leader

Place Based Concepts Having this Component





  • PBC0011: grief at destructionplace -- unreal place -- hell -- Bolshevik -- grief at destruction -- bad present

  • PBC0316: intimidation of traitorsplace -- home -- global order -- Bolshevik -- intimidation
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  • PBC0013: joy in paradiseplace -- unreal place -- earthly paradise -- Bolshevik -- jubilation at victory -- moment of triumph

  • PBC0014: hope for promised landplace -- unreal place -- promised land -- Bolshevik -- hope for Promised Land -- near future

  • PBC0016: rejection of idyllsplace -- unreal place -- idyll -- Bolshevik -- rejection of past idylls

  • PBC0032: ecstasy on roadliminal space -- road -- movement in space -- Bolshevik -- ecstasy at coming paradise -- near future

  • PBC0033: faith in road to futureliminal space -- road -- movement in space -- Bolshevik -- confidence



  • PBC0041: faith in worker-soldiersliminal space -- front -- city -- Bolshevik -- faith in workers' and soldiers' agency

  • PBC0042: confidence in victoryliminal space -- front -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- confidence -- epic time

  • PBC0043: joy at coming orderliminal space -- edge -- ideal state -- Bolshevik -- ecstasy at new order -- near future

  • PBC0044: mockery of armyliminal space -- front -- west Russian region -- Bolshevik -- satire of tsarist military

  • PBC0054liminal space -- front -- foreign place -- Bolshevik -- confidence -- epic time







  • PBC0062: mockery of parliamentplace -- new country -- foreign place -- Bolshevik -- satire of parliamentary democracy



  • PBC0089: confidence in changeplace -- not home -- empire -- Bolshevik -- satire of peace process -- epic time
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  • PBC0103: pride in placeplace -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- pride in exporting revolution


  • PBC0105: Faith in worker creativityplace -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- faith in workers’ agency

  • PBC0106: belligerenceplace -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- belligerence -- near future

  • PBC0107: pride in heroism place -- new world -- earthly paradise -- Bolshevik -- pride in heroism
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  • PBC0108: love of paradiseplace -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- love of future paradise -- future

  • PBC0110place -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- confidence in victory -- near future





  • PBC0116: pride in sacrificeplace -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- heroic suffering
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  • PBC0118: ecstasy at victoryplace -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- ecstasy at post-apocalyptic place -- post-apocalypse




  • PBC0122: faith in the Earthplace -- new world -- universe -- Bolshevik -- faith in human agency


  • PBC0131: alienation from world orderplace -- new world -- borderless world -- Bolshevik -- alienation





  • PBC0185: hope for freedomplace -- home -- nation -- Bolshevik -- hope for a free country




  • PBC0189place -- home -- nation -- Bolshevik -- worker arrogance

  • PBC0190: pride in heroismplace -- home -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- pride in heroism -- epic time
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  • PBC0192place -- home -- nation -- Bolshevik -- sadness at oppression

  • PBC0193: mockery of tsarist ideologyplace -- home -- nation -- Bolshevik -- satire of tsarist ideology






  • PBC0199: skeptical patriotismplace -- home -- nation -- Bolshevik -- love of homeland


  • PBC0201place -- home -- nation -- Bolshevik -- passion for martyrdom

  • PBC0202place -- home -- nation -- Bolshevik -- anger at Russian passivity


  • PBC0217: love of homelandplace -- home -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- love for a city

  • PBC0218place -- home -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- Promethean confidence


  • PBC0239place -- home -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- joy



  • PBC0242place -- home -- Siberian region -- Bolshevik -- Promethean confidence

  • PBC0259: mockery of villageplace -- home -- village -- Bolshevik -- satire of Russian backwardness

  • PBC0260: hope for solidarityplace -- home -- village -- Bolshevik -- solidarity among workers and peasants

  • PBC0261: hope for enlightenmentplace -- home -- village -- Bolshevik -- confidence in enlightening peasants
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  • PBC0272place -- home -- city -- Bolshevik -- satire of Russian backwardness

  • PBC0273: mockery of tsarismplace -- home -- city -- Bolshevik -- satire of anti-Semitism


  • PBC0275: reverence for a cityplace -- home -- city -- Bolshevik -- reverence for capital


  • PBC0277: mockery of religionplace -- home -- city -- Bolshevik -- irreverence toward old belief systems


  • PBC0279: hope for solidarityplace -- home -- city -- Bolshevik -- solidarity among workers and peasants
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  • PBC0288: belligerenceliminal space -- front -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- love of anarchic freedom -- deep past

  • PBC0289liminal space -- front -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- resolve

  • PBC0291: arrogant confidenceplace -- new country -- Volga region -- Bolshevik -- arrogance


  • PBC0036: arrogant confidenceliminal space -- road -- country -- Bolshevik -- Promethean confidence

  • PBC0038: rejection of homelandliminal space -- edge -- country -- Bolshevik -- rejection of home
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