EUROCLIO, with the support and collaboration of the Historiana Historical Content Team, is working on a collection of sources containing multiple perspectives on the Russian Revolution. This piloting project is aimed to set the events in revolutionary Russia into a wider international context and explore the different ways in which people – both in the political elites and among the general public – perceived and responded to what was happening in Russia.
The call for contributions was preceded by an introductory online seminar, which received a really positive response, with more than 40 participants and more than 80 people willing to contribute to the collection. The seminar was run twice, on 10 October and on 1 November 2018. Bob Stradling, Editor in Chief of Historiana, delivered a presentation on Historiana and the Russian Revolution source collection project, as well as a practical example on how the source collection would look like.
One of the pillars of Historiana is the transnational and multiperspectivity nature of its historical content. We thought that the best way to do so, was to involve directly our vibrant community members and friends around the world. Through the involvement of the EUROCLIO community, widely spread all around Europe and beyond, we hope to collect valuable and diverse sources that reflect different views and perceptions on the Russian Revolution.
This consists in the first pilot project for involving the EUROCLIO community in the making of Historiana and its content. The sources collected will be then curated by the Historical Content Team, and a representative selection of them, will be published on Historiana, contributing to enrich its historical content.
Would you like to participate?
If you would like to know more on the project and have a better insight, you can see the presentation and an example of a source collection showed during the seminar via the following links:
- Developing source collections to reflect international perspectives on the Russian Revolution
- International perspectives on the February Revolution in Russia (example)
If you think and would like to contribute, we made available a form on our website to upload sources. The form asks you to specify some general information regarding the contribution (title, nature of the source, original language) and also some information on the content (which perspective is represented, to which specific event is it related).
We thank you very much for your involvement and we are looking forward for your contributions!