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2017 marked the centenary of one of the most important historical events of the twentieth century: the Russian revolutionary year of 1917. The so-called "February Revolution" (according to the Julian and Gregorian calendars starting on 23 February and 8 March respectively) meant the end of centuries of tsarist rule in Russia. Only a few months later, the “October Revolution” (25 October and 7 November) first led to the communist grasp for power in Russia, the Russian capitulation in the Great War and, finally, the Russian Civil War. The politics of both the Soviet and the post-Soviet eras continue to have a decisive influence on world affairs to this day.
The political and social changes and upheavals in Russia in 1917 are particularly well reflected in international newspaper reports. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek therefore took the anniversary of 2017 as an opportunity to digitise a newspaper article every day on the revolutionary events of 100 years ago and to publish it in the former Virtual Library for Eastern Europe (ViFaOst). The complete collection of articles can be found there, sorted according to months.
The collected articles come from the following newspapers: Izvestija (Russia), Le Temps (France), Münchner Neueste Nachrichten (Germany), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), Novoe Vremja (Russia), Pravda (Russia), The Times (Great Britain), Vorwärts (Germany) etc.
Kočujuščie darmoedy - Basnja. Pravda, Moskau, vom 20. Mai = 2. Juni 1917, Nr. 62, Seite 5.
Les événements de Russie. Le Temps, Paris, vom 4. Juni 1917, Nr. 20421, Seiten 1-2.
Professor Masaryk on Russia. The Times, London, vom 5. Juni 1917, Nr. 41496, Seite 5.
Ešče o deklaracii prav soldata. Pravda, Moskau, vom 24. Mai = 6. Juni 1917, Nr. 64, Seiten 5-6.
Rečʹ Kerenskogo (ff.). Novoe vremja, Petrograd, vom 26. Mai = 8. Juni 1917, Nr. 14786, Seite 2.
O partijach. Pisʹmo krestʹjanina. Pravda, Moskau, vom 28. Mai = 10. Juni 1917, Nr. 68, Seite 2.
Schwere Wirren in Rußland. Vorwärts, Berlin, vom 11. Juni 1917, Nr. 157, Montagsausgabe, Seite 1.
Novaja gosudarstvennostʹ. Novoe vremja, Petrograd, vom 30. Mai = 12. Juni 1917, Nr. 14879, Seite 5.
Rußland. Frankfurter Zeitung und Handelsblatt, vom 13. Juni 1917, Nr. 161, 1. Morgenblatt, Seite 2.
Russian pacifists still active. The Times, London, vom 15. Juni 1917, Nr. 41505, Seite 6.
Košmar prodolžaetsja. Novoe vremja, Petrograd, vom 7. Juni = 20. Juni 1917, Nr. 14796, Seite 5.
Une réception chez M. Kerensky. Le Matin, Paris, vom 21. Juni 1917, Nr. 12168, Seite 1.
Les événements de Russie. Le Temps, Paris, vom 23. Juni 1917 , Nr. 20440, Seite 2.
Na ulicach. Novoe vremja, Petrograd, vom 11. Juni = 24. Juni 1917, Nr. 14800, Seite 2.
Kritische Tage in Petersburg. Vorwärts, Berlin, vom 26. Juni 1917, Nr. 172, Seiten 1-2.
Information for Russia. The Times, London, vom 27. Juni 1917, Nr. 41515, Seite 5.
Kazačij sʺezd. Novoe vremja, Petrograd,vom 15. Juni = 28. Juni 1917, Nr. 14803, Seite 2.
Les événements de Russie. Le Temps, Paris, vom 1. September 1917, Nr. 20510, Seite 2.
Segodnja vybory. Proletarij, Moskau, vom 20. August = 2. September 1917, Nr. 7, Seiten 1-2.
Russia getting to work. The Times, London, vom 8. September 1917, Nr. 41578, Seite 6.
Korniloff contre Kerensky. Le Matin, Paris,vom 11. September 1917, Nr. 12250, Seite 1.
Diktatura. Rabočij, Moskau, vom 1. September = 14. September 1917, Nr. 10, Seiten 2-3.
Sieg Kerenskis. Neue freie Presse, Wien, vom 15. September 1917, Nr. 19061, Morgenblatt, Seite 1.
Russia a republic. The Times, London, vom 17. September 1917, Nr. 41585, Seite 9.
V čem vychod? Rabočij putʹ, Moskau, vom 5. September = 18. September 1917, Nr. 2, Seiten 3-4.
Bonapartjata. Rabočij putʹ, Moskau,vom 7. September = 20. September 1917, Nr. 4, Seiten 4-9.
Obzor pečati. Rabočij putʹ, Moskau, 9. September = 22. September 1917, Nr. 6, Seiten 3-4.
Les événements de Russie. Le Temps, Paris, vom 24. September 1917, Nr. 20533, Seite 2.
Petrograd conference postponed. The Times, London, vom 26. September 1917, Nr. 41593, Seite 6.
Revirement en Russie. Le Matin, Paris, vom 30. September 1917, Nr. 12269, Seite 1.
The thematic dossier "The 1917 Russian Revolutions in Newspaper Reports" is intended as a newspaper review that deliberately does not seek to provide any historical interpretations or approaches to research, etc. Rather, the reading of valuable source material is intended to encourage people to think for themselves. For this purpose, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek provides Russian and international newspaper articles, in a representative selection and without claiming completeness.
The service is supported by the company East View Information Services which kindly approved the supply of individual pages of Izvestia and Pravda in free Open Access mode. Within Germany, both newspapers are fully accessible via the national licensing system.
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