Kamenev, E. V. THE UNION OF PROSPERITY AS “PARTY OF NEW TYPE” (Connotative Meanings in M. V. Nechkina ’s “The Decembrist Movement ”) // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2019. No 2 (179). P. 25–32. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2019.286


Historiography, source studies, methods of historical research

THE UNION OF PROSPERITY AS “PARTY OF NEW TYPE” (Connotative Meanings in M. V. Nechkina ’s “The Decembrist Movement ”)

Kamenev
E. V. 		Petrozavodsk State University
Keywords:
historiography of the Decembrists movement
M. V. Nechkina
сonnotative meanings
semiotics		 Summary: The connotative semiotic level of the of M. V. Nechkina’s monograph “The Decembrist Movement” (1955), which was not previously the subject of a special historiographical analysis, is investigated. Analysis of the text of the Soviet historian revealed that it is built on the principle of multilevel semantics: in addition to the literal, there is also a culturally-based meaning. Culturally-based content was formed due to the very form of narration. M. V. Nechkina described organizational structure of the Union of Prosperity within the official discourse about Russian revolution and history of Bolshevik Party. The discourse used by the author of the monograph provided actualization of official Soviet ideologemes in the text and set up the mechanism of intertextual connections. The immersion of the Soviet historian’s narrative into this cultural context ensured the inclusion of secondary meanings in it. Soviet historian indicated by referring to the precedent texts of the Soviet era that the organizational structure of the Union of Prosperity corresponds to the structure of the Bolshevik Party. These parallels had an important interpretational significance – due to them the Decembrists were interpreted as real revolutionaries. The study of connotative meanings in M. V. Nechkina’s monograph is essential for understanding the mechanism of formation of the Soviet image of the Decembrists. This image was formed on the basis of a combination of scientific and cultural codes.



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