THE REVOLUTIONARY CHRISTENING AS THE PHENOMENON OF THE SOVIET CULTURE OF THE 1920s (review of the press in Bashkiria)

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the information about the “revolutionary christenings” that were practiced in the post-revolutionary period in Bashkortostan, as in other regions of Russia, and were aimed at the formation of Soviet rituals in place of the traditional. Methodology. The historical-comparative analysis makes it possible to reveal the consequences of the policy of the young Soviet government for introducing a new ritual. Complex analysis – to study revolutionary christenings, coupled with other customs of the time as a series of socio-political events aimed at the unification of ethnic and confessional customs, the formation of Soviet community and Soviet culture. Results. It was revealed that the new custom was also called “new christenings”, “communist christenings”, “red christenings”, “octobrinas”, “zvezdiny”. It was (along with the red wedding, Komsomol Christmas, Komsomol kurban-bairam and other holidays of that time) socio-political event – a meeting of workers and (or) party members, the Komsomol, the trade union, the military commissariat, the women’s council, other public organizations with lectures on a new life, the tasks of youth, the harm of religion, at which young parents were honored, and the newborn was given “cultural patronage” until majority. Revolutionary christenings (as well as other red holidays) in Bashkiria began to be held in the autumn of 1923, gradually introducing themselves into the everyday life of different peoples (Russians, Bashkirs, Tatars, Chuvashs, etc.), expanding the distribution areas (cantons of the republic). In the second half of the 1920s. they cease to be propagated by the press because of a change in the political course of the country. Practical applications – ‘in the educational process and research work.

Keywords

• красные обряды
• революционные крестины
• народы Башкирии
• пресса 1920-х годов