Russia’s state and society are still coming to terms with the legacy of 1917. An underlying fear of revolutions exists due to their perceived chaos and instability. The centenary coincided with revisions of national history education under the presidencies of Vladimir Putin. These revisions are designed to project an image of a united country and strong sovereign state under the banner of patriotism. The 1917 revolutions represent a disruption in Russia’s history and undermine the patriotic message in these new narratives. This article assesses the treatment of the 1917 revolutions in contemporary Russia via two media; school textbooks and public celebrations. Revisions of the national history must legitimize the state and its goals. Textbooks and commemorations are media that reflect the preferred images of the past to promote national unity, historical continuity and discourage domestic discords. Both media show the complexity in retelling the narrative of 1917. Whilst modern school history textbooks paint the revolutions somewhat negatively, few official commemorations took place in 2017. Those that did were kept at arm’s length and lacked a narrative. With seemingly nothing to gain from this part of history, meaningful assessments of 1917 have been left to schoolteachers or postponed altogether.

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Nasha Istoriia：普京领导下的俄罗斯革命、国家、学校教科书和公众庆祝活动

俄罗斯的国家和社会仍在接受 1917 年的遗产。由于人们认为革命的混乱和不稳定，因此存在对革命的潜在恐惧。百年纪念恰逢普京总统领导下的国家历史教育改革。这些修订旨在在爱国主义的旗帜下展示一个统一的国家和强大的主权国家的形象。1917 年的革命代表了俄罗斯历史的中断，并破坏了这些新叙事中的爱国信息。本文通过两种媒体评估了当代俄罗斯对 1917 年革命的处理；学校教科书和公共庆祝活动。对国家历史的修正必须使国家及其目标合法化。教科书和纪念活动是反映过去促进民族团结的首选形象的媒体，历史的连续性并阻止国内的不和。两种媒体都显示了复述 1917 年叙事的复杂性。虽然现代学校历史教科书对革命的描述有些消极，但 2017 年很少有官方纪念活动。那些确实保持一定距离并且缺乏叙述。由于这部分历史似乎没有任何收获，对 1917 年的有意义的评估已被留给学校教师或完全推迟。