Keyword: «civil war»

The article illustrates the stage of the formation of anti-Bolshevik forces at at the Transbaikalia and the Far East regions, and also provides an overview of the events that determinates the Civil War.

In article memoirs of white generals M.K. Diterikhs, G.M. Semenov, D.L. Horvat and V.M. Molchanovare analyzed. On their basis the reasons which exerted the greatest impact on defeat of the white movement are considered. The conclusion about not a readiness of socio-political programs and strong influence of the personality with her inner world on defeat of white is drawn.

Stalin is a man whose life course people began to argue about during his lifetime, then continued their argument immediately after his death. They are arguing about it now and are unlikely to stop arguing in the nearest future. It would be strange if many political myths had not been created around such a significant figure. Opinions about it differ significantly in modern Russia, and conclusions may lead to a new civil war.

Political myths have been existing from ancient times. Being a form of social consciousness, they always reflect the interests of a narrow social group. They can motivate the population of the country to creative activity or cause chaos, the collapse of society and the state. This article is devoted to the analysis of the latter situation, when the destruction of a certain political myth or the creation of a new one can have an influence on the very possibility of the collapse or destruction of the state.