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‘Better than history at school! Eye-opening & weirdly timely’: Twitter reacts to #1917LIVE

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This would not have been possible without our many loyal readers inhabiting fascinating real-life characters as we march onwards.

Whoever is running the #1917LIVE@RT_1917 Russian revolution retelling is doing a stunning job with a Twitter cast of hundreds.

— Kate Allen (@_Kate_Allen) 17 апреля 2017 г.

The #1917Live tweets from @RT_1917 & associated accounts are doing a great job retelling the story of the revolutions.

— Ross Greer (@Ross_Greer) 16 апреля 2017 г.

Any European History student should be following RT’s day by day commemoration of 1917 Russian Revolution see #1917LIVE

— David Willick (@dwAPEuro) 9 апреля 2017 г.

This self-contained world has taken on a life of its own over the past four months, attracting project from near and far. Giving people a window into Russian history that goes beyond your typical history class has always been the aim.

Personajes históricos nos cuentan en @RT_1917 cómo vivieron la revolución rusa. Hoy Alfonso XIII comenta una noticia de @abc_eshttps://t.co/EjS17w5aPC

— Ignacio Ybáñez Rubio (@IgnacioYbanez) 18 апреля 2017 г.

[Historical characters tell us how they lived through the Russian Revolution on #1917LIVE]

What If @Twitter Existed 100 Years Ago? #1917LIVE
RT the Revolution with special attention in?? to:@NYT_1917@POTUS28_1917@USEmbassy_1917pic.twitter.com/bP8KwShCel

— Russia in USA ?? (@RusEmbUSA) 30 апреля 2017 г.

I assume we’re all already following #1917LIVE because it is SO AWESOME and eye-opening and weirdly timely https://t.co/lgNAwWjZLz

— Flora Graham (@floragraham) 18 апреля 2017 г.

Even we, the creators, are often surprised by the humorous exchanges taking place between key historical figures – Russian, French, German – something that could never have happened in real-life 1917. One can only imagine all the tensions that could have been diffused with Twitter at the dawn of the 20th century.

READ MORE: #1917LIVE: 5 times Vladimir Lenin broke character while tweeting on trending hashtags

If you aren’t already following the @RT_1917 Russian Revolution thing, you should def get on that – Ludendorff was just tweeting at Lenin

— John Carl Baker (@johncarlbaker) 9 апреля 2017 г.

The country exploded in revolt in March, 1917 and to the great surprise of many, the centuries-old Russian monarchy was toppled. By April, the gloves were really off. Rallies, insubordination and open violence stretched from the central city of Samara all the way to our sailors stationed at Helsingfors, present-day Helsinki.

La cosa più divertente su Twitter per i prossimi mesi: https://t.co/wGXK6IXXyO

— gianluca paolucci (@giapao) 13 апреля 2017 г.

[The most entertaining thing on Twitter for the coming months]

For those history-minded folks, this is something to keep an eye on. #1917LIVE has real time tweets from @VLenin_1917 and more. https://t.co/hAF1bZJ69W

— James Schneider (@a_f13nd) 24 апреля 2017 г.

Vladimir Lenin’s timely (untimely – if you’re the @ProvisionalGovernment) return spelled doom for social-democratic elites whose admirable philosophy and promise of reform never amounted to much, save for political bickering.

How did I live before the #LeninTracker? https://t.co/EQ9rulrOgr

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) 13 апреля 2017 г.

One-upmanship was the name of the game in April, as the Provisional Government and the rival Soviets duked it out on the political arena – a period known as the Dual Rule. The latter was intent on keeping Russia’s promise to its Entente allies, France and Britain. The Soviets – representing the soldiers, peasants and workers, opposed the plan, sowing social upheaval until Lenin’s return.

READ MORE: #1917LIVE: Real-time Lenin tracker

Their trump card was the overwhelming popular support that the social-democrat Alexander Kerensky and his cohorts never mustered. In April, we see just how risky the Provisional Government’s move to rule with just bureaucracy as its only tool.

Just discovered the “live” tweeting of the Russian revolution and am nearly in tears of joy. #1917LIVE

— Court Prather (@courtpanther) 17 апреля 2017 г.

Are you getting your daily dose of #1917LIVE#RussianRevolution history. Better than history at school and no teacher with patched elbows https://t.co/x6gPJw5zDu

— Nick Downes (@Downesie147) April 15, 2017

The leader of the Bolshevik party Vladimir Lenin charted an entirely different course – one of building a global Socialist Revolution based on the key tenets of Marxism, starting at home. Lenin is forever known to history as a master manipulator with an ability to hypnotize people into rising up against seemingly insurmountable odds. His April Theses had laid the foundation for continuing this struggle for power at home.

READ MORE: #1917LIVE: Lenin talks socialist revolution in ‘real-time Q&A’ on Twitter

#1917LIVE is a work of genius.

— Alison Inman (@Alison_Inman) 17 апреля 2017 г.

#1917LIVE :best Twitter idea ever! “Live” Tweets of the russian revolution. That’s how the Romanov, Lenin, ….would have tweeted. #easterhttps://t.co/BMJ6x4uLyq

— Gabriele (@MarieGoesler) 15 апреля 2017 г.

Creative use of Twitter and nice way to bone up on your Russian Revolutionary history- watch #1917LIVE and #1917CROWDhttps://t.co/pJ0L4nEhdE

— John van Kooy (@jvankooy) 16 апреля 2017 г.

Plenty more developments are to follow in May, including the return of Leon Trotsky – Lenin’s closest ‘frienemy’.
Anyone is free to get involved in the project by creating a historic Twitter profile and tweeting under hashtag #1917CROWD.

my twitter is only #1917live stuff at this point

— sandra (@ntoinesaintjust) 12 апреля 2017 г.

The situation is heating up now with the latest updates from #1917LIVE. A live report from a century ago. One hashtag I follow religiously.

— Lorraine Riva (@yoyen) 6 апреля 2017 г.

RT hopes the project’s fans and ‘characters’ will stay with us through thick and thin, until we bring the Russian Revolution to its roaring October crescendo!

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