The concept of “brutalization” of society and its possibilities for analyzing the Great Russian Revolution

Abstract

The article analyzesforeign historiography onthe problem of “brutalization” of society afterthe First World War. In particular,the works of historians of Western European universities, which do not have publications in Russian, are considered. The author attempts to correlate the conclusions of foreign researchers about the impact of the First World War on the “coarsening” of European society with the events that took place in Russia after 1917.

Keywords

• historiography
• paramilitary violence
• brutalization
• russian revolution
• armed groups
• civil war