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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Pontvs Academia https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vear6gpsjukebftipp54zn1jir7z?.jpg Pontvs Podcast Under the Red Flag Against the Bolsheviks Under the Red Flag Against the Bolsheviks In 1918, KOMUCH — the "democratic counter-revolution" — tried to challenge the Bolsheviks on their own terms, fighting under a red flag to restore the dissolved Constituent Assembly. Backed by the Czechoslovak Legion and holding Russia's gold reserve, this socialist government sought a "third path" for Russia. But internal contradictions — especially the distrust between socialist leaders and right-wing officers — doomed the project and cleared the way for Admiral Kolchak.

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Based on the article by historian Said Zalyaev. All rights belong to pontvs.academy.

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]]> In 1918, KOMUCH — the "democratic counter-revolution" — tried to challenge the Bolsheviks on their own terms, fighting under a red flag to restore the dissolved Constituent Assembly. Backed by the Czechoslovak Legion and holding Russia's gold reserve, this socialist government sought a "third path" for Russia. But internal contradictions — especially the distrust between socialist leaders and right-wing officers — doomed the project and cleared the way for Admiral Kolchak.

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Based on the article by historian Said Zalyaev. All rights belong to pontvs.academy.

This episode was produced with NotebookLM and ElevenLabs.

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]]> Pontvs Academia Buzzsprout-19410064 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200 1370 1 2 full false The Alphabet of Hatred The Alphabet of Hatred In 1917, the political vocabulary of Russia became inseparable from its social conflict. The same words — "democracy," "the people," "the bourgeoisie" — meant different things to different groups, and each reading drew its own line between friend and enemy. This is how the language of the revolution turned, word by word, into a primer of hatred for the civil war to come.

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Based on the article by historian Konstantin Tarasov. All rights belong to pontvs.academy.

This episode was produced with NotebookLM and ElevenLabs.

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]]> In 1917, the political vocabulary of Russia became inseparable from its social conflict. The same words — "democracy," "the people," "the bourgeoisie" — meant different things to different groups, and each reading drew its own line between friend and enemy. This is how the language of the revolution turned, word by word, into a primer of hatred for the civil war to come.

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Based on the article by historian Konstantin Tarasov. All rights belong to pontvs.academy.

This episode was produced with NotebookLM and ElevenLabs.

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