1917: BREAKTHROUGH TO THE FUTURE OR DISASTER?

Abstract

In the article features of the ontological aspects of the events happened in 1917 are analyzed. Russian civilization was forcibly turned into a Soviet civilization. The factors changing the type of civilization accumulated throughout the XIX-XX centuries. It was not so much economic factors, as spiritual, social and political ones. There was a great spiritual catastrophe, revolution of all values of Russia, even psychology and mentality. With time social and ideological genocide of the population occurred. The Bolsheviks implemented the plans of Orthodox people violent secularization and the multilateral enslavement of the individual and society. Their victory was due to a post-Christian situation that evolved during the XIX century, as well as the idolatry of the Russian intelligentsia making idols of “the people”, “science” and “communism”. The development of secular education and scientific discoveries of the XIX-XX centuries (Darwinˋs theory, the theory of Marcs and Lenin, philosophy Nietzsche, Freud, etc.) also had an influence. This was shown in recognition of the atheist and immoral valuables (after 1917 year). The idolatry was fueled by the population liberation and differentiation after the reforms of 1861. The socio-psychological factor (social resentment, hatred, Russian maximalism) and the factor of ethno-psychological resentment had a profound effect. An important reason for the victory of the Bolsheviks - the weakness of Emperor’s personality and political power, as well as the failures during the First world war and the collapse of the Russian Army. Germany actions and other geopolitical forces’ operations also made a difference. Soviet civilization turned out to be a very inconsistent and sometimes extremely violent civilizational experiment. Roots of the loss of Christian values in Russia and series of substantial events in USSR are recognized in the paper as disaster. The article also indicates the necessity of radical (Christian) rethinking of the Russian accepted values.