The case of the «Volga Espionage Organization». 1919 by A. V. Ganin

“…Based on unpublished sources from the Central Archive of the FSS of Russia, the article examines in detail the case of the counter-revolutionary «Volga Spy Organization» in the Red Army, investigated by the Cheka in 1919. …”
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António Ferro: mezi Mussolinim a Salazarem by Aleš Vrbata

“…Inspired by new artistic movements and the political experience of Sidónio Pais, Gabrielle D’Annun- zio, and Benito Mussolini, Ferro had to revise his ideas under Salazar’s Estado Novo (New State), regime inspired by national and European counter-revolutionary ideas and papal encyclicals. In that way, Ferro found himself between two strong political, ideological and cultural trends. …”
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Apologétique et vulgarisation : les notes de lecture sur les « pamphlets » de Mgr de Ségur by Taro Nakajima

“…The question is about how Flaubert’s reading notes on Mgr de Ségur’s “pamphlets”, taken in preparation of Bouvard et Pécuchet’s chapter IX (religion) and of the second volume, are used in the novel, especially for two types of discourses: the counter-revolutionary speech of M. de Faverges whose act of charity embodies Mgr de Ségur’s social Catholicism, and M. …”
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A «new society will come»: C.L.R. James in American Civilisation by Matteo Battistini

“…By placing James in the intellectual context that marked his US moment (1938-1953), the essay reconstructs his critique of sociological and managerial literature, particularly Elton Mayo and Peter Drucker, and against the rise of a “counter-revolutionary philosophy,” especially Richard Weaver. …”
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Cultural work provisions in the Zionist organization «Gekholuts» program documents by I. Yu. Berezhanskaya

“…However, October 1917 changed the direction of the Zionist movement, as the new government gradually began to persecute members of the parties and organizations that existed at that time, declaring them counter-revolutionary and anti-Soviet. At that time, the Zionist movement was already a political force with programmatic documents, statutes, educational literature, printing presses. …”
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Uprising in Tashkent in October 1917 according to memoirs of S. V. Sazanov by E. A. Vorobyeva

“…In Soviet historiography, the uprising in Tashkent was presented as a classic workers’ uprising against numerous counter-revolutionary forces prepared and carried out according to a clear plan under the leadership of the Bolshevik party. …”
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