Soviet Confessions

Soviet confessions, penitance, conversion and the whole process of admission into the party. This video tries to give an insight into the whole process from writing an communist autobiography, learning to speak Bolshevik and answering before the party committe to being purged.
main source:
Halfin, Igal; "Terror in My Soul - Communist Autobiographies on Trial"; 2003
other sources:
Kharkhordin, Oleg; "The Collective and the Individual in Russia A Study of Practices"; 1999
generally about the practices of confession, penitence and conversion:
Foucault, Michel, "On The Government of the Living: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1979-1980"
Timestamps:
0:00 intro
1:48 How to become a Bolshevik
5:47 Examples: Bubnov, Shumilov and Klein
12:13 Reapplying to the Party
14:50 The Great Purge
18:39 Faithfull till the End

[@alexandruichim7380]

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[@FulmenTheFinn]

Excellent video! Subscribed.

[@bologna470708]

Good video, but you need to speak directly into the microphone so that the audio would be better heard.

[@group_23]

thanks, I think I will eventually upload a revised version with better audio

[@johnw574]

They were so fanatically religious.

[@iillililillliliilliiililil5066]

Audio is only on the left for headphone users

[@group_23]

Thanks for mentioning it. Something went wrong with the audio

[@Profous222]

And the French Revolutions declaring Republic!!! What was going on ? The Russians Revolution took examples from France. And the American Revolution!

[@MrMirville]

What a beautiful religion!