Project 1917 and RT: The Russian Revolution in the Age of Facebook and Twitter

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Project 1917 and RT: The Russian Revolution in the Age of Facebook and Twitter

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Author(s): Kyril Drezov

Publication date (Print): December 2017-February 2018

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KyrilDrezov is co-founder and core researcher of the Keele Southeast Europe Unit (SEU). He has contributed extensively to the BBC World Service and Oxford Analytica and has advised international consultancies, banks, and governments. His publications include “Macedonian Identity: An Overview of the Major Claims” in The New Macedonian Question (ed. James Pettifer), Macmillan 1999 and “Collateral Damage: The Impact on Macedonia of the Kosovo War” in Kosovo: The Politics of Delusion (eds. M. Waller, B. Gokay and K. Drezov), Frank Cass 2001.

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Publication date (Print): December 2017-February 2018

Volume: 4

Issue: 2

Pages: 163-166

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See https://project1917.ru/(accessed 24 October 2017). The Russian version of Project1917 was launched in November 2016 in Moscow and was updated daily until January 2018.
Mikhail Zygar, All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin (PublicAffairs, 2016). This book was praised for readability and scope, but also criticized for the origin and credibility of many of the included stories.
“Project 1917,” http://www.pushkinhouse.org/project-1917/ (accessed 24 October 2017).
Ibid.
Ibid. Throughout 2017 Pushkin House organized a series of events to popularize Project1917, including lectures, film screenings, exhibitions and performances.
Ibid. It is worth noting that the English version of Project1917 is effectively an abridged translation of the Russian original.
Ibid.
Ibid.
РаспоряжениеПрезидентаРоссийскойФедерацииот 19.12.2016 г. N° 412-pп “O подготовке и проведениимероприятий, посвященных 100-летию революции 1917 года в России,” http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/41498 (accessed 24 October 2017).
Ibid.
https://twitter.com/rt_1917?lang=en(accessed 24 October 2017).
From early 2018 the “Russian Telegraph” was renamed the “Revolutionary Times,” thus preserving the RT abbreviation, https://twitter.com/rt_1917?lang=en(accessed 24 October 2017). See also “#1917LIVE: Relive the Russian Revolution as it happened with RT's unique Twitter project,” https://www.rt.com/news/372353-russia-1917-revolution-news/ (accessed 24 October 2017).
https://1917.rt.com/#!/en (accessed 24 October 2017).
“RT PRESENTS 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN VIVID 360-DEGREE DOCUMENTARY VIDEO SERIES,” https://www.rt.com/about-us/press-releases/russian-revolution-1917-live/(accessed 24 October 2017).
Ibid.
Ibid.
Quoted in https://russian.rt.com/world/article/425939-tvitter-revolyuciya-specproekt-rt (accessed 24 October 2017). The original tweet is on Carl Bildt @carlbildt 12:04 PM − 30 January 2017 (accessed 24 October 2017).
“UK Foreign Office Complaint Sees RT Twitter Account Suspended,” The Independent , 3 September 2017, https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/rt-twitter-account-suspended-britishemb1917-russian-revolution-foreign-office-a7926306.html (accessed 24 October 2017). See also “Twitter Suspends RT's ‘UK Embassy’ Account Created for Historical Project after London Complains,” https://www.rt.com/news/401883-twitter-suspends-rt-account/ (accessed 24 October 2017), and “Контрреволюция в Twitter: почему МИД Великобританиизаблокировалаккаунтпроекта RT #1917LIVE,” https://russian.rt.com/world/article/425939-tvitter-revolyuciya-specproekt-rt (accessed 24 October 2017).
“UK Foreign Office Complaint Sees RT Twitter Account Suspended.”

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[1] See https://project1917.ru/(accessed 24 October 2017). The Russian version of Project1917 was launched in November 2016 in Moscow and was updated daily until January 2018.

[2] Mikhail Zygar, All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin (PublicAffairs, 2016). This book was praised for readability and scope, but also criticized for the origin and credibility of many of the included stories.

[3] “Project 1917,” http://www.pushkinhouse.org/project-1917/ (accessed 24 October 2017).

[4] Ibid.

[5] Ibid. Throughout 2017 Pushkin House organized a series of events to popularize Project1917, including lectures, film screenings, exhibitions and performances.

[6] Ibid. It is worth noting that the English version of Project1917 is effectively an abridged translation of the Russian original.

[7] Ibid.

[8] Ibid.

[9] РаспоряжениеПрезидентаРоссийскойФедерацииот 19.12.2016 г. N° 412-pп “O подготовке и проведениимероприятий, посвященных 100-летию революции 1917 года в России,” http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/41498 (accessed 24 October 2017).

[10] Ibid.

[11] https://twitter.com/rt_1917?lang=en(accessed 24 October 2017).

[12] From early 2018 the “Russian Telegraph” was renamed the “Revolutionary Times,” thus preserving the RT abbreviation, https://twitter.com/rt_1917?lang=en(accessed 24 October 2017). See also “#1917LIVE: Relive the Russian Revolution as it happened with RT's unique Twitter project,” https://www.rt.com/news/372353-russia-1917-revolution-news/ (accessed 24 October 2017).

[13] https://1917.rt.com/#!/en (accessed 24 October 2017).

[14] “RT PRESENTS 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN VIVID 360-DEGREE DOCUMENTARY VIDEO SERIES,” https://www.rt.com/about-us/press-releases/russian-revolution-1917-live/(accessed 24 October 2017).

[15] Ibid.

[16] Ibid.

[17] Quoted in https://russian.rt.com/world/article/425939-tvitter-revolyuciya-specproekt-rt (accessed 24 October 2017). The original tweet is on Carl Bildt @carlbildt 12:04 PM − 30 January 2017 (accessed 24 October 2017).

[18] “UK Foreign Office Complaint Sees RT Twitter Account Suspended,” The Independent , 3 September 2017, https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/rt-twitter-account-suspended-britishemb1917-russian-revolution-foreign-office-a7926306.html (accessed 24 October 2017). See also “Twitter Suspends RT's ‘UK Embassy’ Account Created for Historical Project after London Complains,” https://www.rt.com/news/401883-twitter-suspends-rt-account/ (accessed 24 October 2017), and “Контрреволюция в Twitter: почему МИД Великобританиизаблокировалаккаунтпроекта RT #1917LIVE,” https://russian.rt.com/world/article/425939-tvitter-revolyuciya-specproekt-rt (accessed 24 October 2017).

[19] “UK Foreign Office Complaint Sees RT Twitter Account Suspended.”

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