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Putin's historical time has expired

Putin's historical time has expired

The use of a vivid image in the description of the historical process is a proven research technique. for example, British Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm introduced the concept of "Long XIX century". This period in the life of mankind, according to his concept, stepped in 1789 year along with the French Revolution and ended in 1914 year along with the First World War.

Another example of figurative thinking was given by the writer Vladimir Nabokov. In his "Lectures on Russian Literature" one can read the following: "Then brilliant 19 at. ended. AT 1904 g. Chekhov died, and in 1910 - Tolstoy». in short, and here there is an obvious similarity of approaches to the chronological division of history, with the only difference, that in this case it was about domestic literature. At the same time, it should be noted, that the author of "The Gift" can hardly be suspected of sympathy for the Marxist worldview.

Besides, according to Hobsbawm, there was also a "Short XX century", which met in 1914-1991. Here, among other things, the dating itself is of interest, almost exactly coinciding with the most important events in Russian history - the cessation of the existence of the Russian Empire and the USSR. And you have to admit, that these facts of the past are still significant today, because they allow you to better understand not only what happened, but, perhaps, and upcoming.

These theoretical constructions show, that a particular historical period may not coincide with the generally accepted chronological framework, by the will of the author lengthening or, conversely, shortening. There is a category for this., like historical time, allowing the researcher, according to his mindset, construct a certain image of the past. Needless to say, that known assumptions, accepted in historiography, needless to say, leave the scientist some room for interpretation.

probably, at the beginning 1917 years, most of the Russian subjects still considered the then existing monarchical system to be a completely viable political organism. Meanwhile, inside, as in the womb, a new social reality was formed. In the light of what has been said, it is reasonable to ask: assassination of Grigory Rasputin in December 1916 years - this is still part of the history of the Romanov Empire or the already inevitable onset of the February Revolution? AND, figuratively speaking, did not stand behind the back of Alexander Kerensky, the winner Lavr Kornilov, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky?

From this point of view, it is interesting to see, in particular, at the sunset of the USSR. AT 1985 year at home and abroad, maybe, no one thought, that the “Unbreakable Union” will fall apart in just six years. That state-political system seemed, if not eternal, the, anyway, capable of surviving for another decade. However, it makes no sense now, for the millionth time, go into the causes of this collapse. Much more interesting to understand, when exactly did it happen, and not even so much legally, how much actually.

May be, not everyone remembers today, what is in the Constitution of the USSR 1977 year was Article 6. And it had these words: "The leading and guiding force of Soviet society, the core of his political system, state and public organizations is the Communist Party of the Soviet Union". In this way, CPSU de jure and, more importantly, de facto had a monopoly on power in the country. Figuratively speaking, party organs were the very supporting structure, on which the whole building of that state rested.

Change or, it would be more correct to say, actual cancellation, notorious article, happened in March 1990 of the year. At the same time, the post of President of the USSR was established, but this substitution turned out to be unequal, because the former Soviet state, in front of, even louder cracked at the seams. And create, as they said at the time, "Renewed Union" to Mikhail Gorbachev, due to many circumstances, and failed. Therefore, it can be argued, that the "Red Empire" really ended precisely in that spring, although some hotheads tried to extend its existence until autumn 1993 of the year.

In the fate of Russia, created by Boris Yeltsin on the ruins of the Soviet Union, there was not one sharp turn. What are at least the fight against the State Emergency Committee and the storming of the White House, appointment and dismissal of Yegor Gaidar, First Chechen War and Khasavyurt Accords! But until the time the system coped with all the difficult tests. Meanwhile, a load of unresolved problems and irreparable errors has accumulated..

The fatal break has come 17 August 1998 of the year, when the government had to default. This is an unfortunate event., can say, drew a line under the relatively short Yeltsin period. Liberal democracy in Russia has entered a period of decline. Jingo-patriotic music performed by Gennady Zyuganov sounded even louder, Yuri Luzhkov, Yevgeny Primakov and numerous regional sing-alongs. So the then Kremlin was forced to go on the defensive, which lasted until the resignation of the first Russian president.

Taking power from the hands of Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, in the early years of his reign, by and large did not deviate from the previous political course.. In addition, there were experienced mentors nearby., Head of the presidential administration Alexander Voloshin and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, assigned to him by the Yeltsin "family". However, this did not last long - until the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in October. 2003 of the year. And then a completely different story began., predetermined many social conflicts in modern Russia.

The Putin Phenomenon, which manifested itself so clearly in 2000-2008, pretty faded towards the end 2011 of the year. The scandalous elections to the State Duma and the "castling" in 2012 led to mass protests, who were brutally suppressed. A period of obscurantism and repression began, accompanied by a fall in Putin's rating. And even a burst of public euphoria, caused by the annexation of Crimea, turned out to be shorter, than, probably, thought in the Kremlin.

It is no longer possible for Putin to leave power. He now has one thing left - to hold on to the throne at any cost., increasingly resorting to outright violence against society and political tricks like last year's "zeroing". meanwhile, how clear it is now, major event 2020 year was not a mockery of the Constitution, but just the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. After all, all calculations, that the main Russian oppositionist will not return to the country, turned out to be wrong.

Putin's time is over 17 January 2021 of the year, when his main political opponent, despite the mortal danger, returned to Russia. And even the monstrous sentence to Navalny only postpones the statement of this fact..

Roman Trunov

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