Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE SOVIET LEGACY AND POLITICAL REPRESSIONS: THE RADICAL LEFT IN LATE SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2021
Языканглийский
  • Sergeev Sergey Alekseevich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Sergeev S, Kuznetsova A., Under the Weight of the Soviet Legacy and Political Repressions: The Radical Left in Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia//Soviet and Post Soviet Review. - 2021. - Vol., Is.. - .
    Annotation Mass protest movements of the early 2010s, particularly the Occupy movement, stimulated the rise of radical left organizations globally. In Southern Europe, radical left parties celebrated their first electoral successes. In Russia, radical left organizations were also influenced by this upsurge of social protest movements and participated in the Bolotnaya protests in 2011-2012 but were marginalized and disintegrated shortly after, resuming their activities only by 2019. This article explores the radical left movements and groups in Russia and offers projections for their future. The Russian radical left is divided into three sub-groups: fundamentalist communists who identify with Stalin and the Soviet Union, libertarian socialists and communists (subdivided into neo-anarchists, autonomists, and neo-Trotskyists), and hybrid organizations (e.g., the Left Front). These organizations face two major constraints unknown to their Western counterparts: the prevalence of paleo-Stalinism and political repressions. Unless these restrictions are lifted, radical left organizations in Russia will not be able to overcome their current crisis.
    Keywords Radical left parties; Russian radical left; anarchists; Antifa; Left front
    The name of the journal Soviet and Post Soviet Review
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