How the Bolsheviks Rewrote Russian History

The October Revolution didn't just change the government; it systematically erased centuries of cultural memory. In this episode, we explore how the early Soviet state dismantled the Imperial past, from the renaming of cities like Petrograd to Tsaritsyn, to the destruction of churches and the rewriting of school textbooks. We look at specific figures like Ivanov-Smoleskii who designed the new historical narrative, and the brutal practicalities of erasing the Romanov name from maps and monuments. We also examine the ideological drive behind 'proletarian culture' versus the preservation of classical heritage, a tension that defined the 1920s. This is not just about politics, but about how a society decides what it remembers and what it chooses to forget, setting the stage for Stalin's total control over the past. #RussianRevolution #SovietHistory #Bolsheviks #Lenin #Stalin #OctoberRevolution #Petrograd #Tsaritsyn #RomanovDynasty #Proletkult #RedTerror #Cheka #Dzerzhinsky #IvanovSmoleskii #HistoricalRevisionism #EasternEurope #USSR #HistoryPodcast #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo