Download Russia`s Failed Democratic Revolution, 1917: A Centennial

Faculty Fellow Semion Lyandres, Professor of History
“Russia's Failed Democratic Revolution, 1917: A Centennial Reappraisal”
(International Conference, Notre Dame Global Gateway, Rome)
In recent years, historians have come to see the Russian Revolution as a deep process and
as the laboratory for transformation of the social, political, economic, and cultural order
within the borders of the Russian empire, with tremendous influence beyond Europe and
Asia; indeed its impact was global. The conference will bring these new topics and
visions together to provide a fresh overview of 1917 itself that will include the crucial
earlier phases of the revolutionary process. The conference will reflect the impact on the
study of the Russian Revolution made by the collapse of the Soviet Union, transition to
democracy in Russia, and the rise of new authoritarian regime of Vladimir Putin. The
conference will also exemplify and promote the new opportunities for collaboration
between Western and Russian historians as we approach the centennial anniversary of
Russia's great (yet failed) revolution.