Relive the Russian Revolution as it happened with RT’s unique Twitter project — RT News
The Russian Revolution of 1917, which abolished the monarchy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union, returns to life with RT’s dynamic Twitter mission, reenacting the historic occasions. Wish to comply with Vladimir Lenin or tag Nicholas II? It’s doable now.
Project #1917LIVE will run dozens of Twitter accounts principally within the identify of actual historic characters – suppose Alexander Kerensky, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Leon Trotsky and others. But since historical past can be about abnormal individuals, they may even get a voice so you’ll “see” the revolution as if it occurred in your neighborhood.
The occasions will likely be lined reside by the Russian Telegraph (RT), a fictional media outlet that – because the revolution develops – will rebrand into the Revolutionary Times.
“That’s going to be a dynamic energetic social media mission – historical past reenactments of such a scale have by no means occurred on Twitter earlier than. Developing in actual time, it will likely be a extremely partaking expertise – our viewers will get a singular likelihood to comply with and work together with Lenin or final Russia’s final tsar, participate in polls and Q&As and lots of extra,” stated Kirill Karnovich-Valua, RT’s Head of Online Projects.
RT’s mission will take its readers by way of one of the vital unsure durations of the Russian historical past of the 20th century, which noticed an finish to the rule of the Romanov dynasty.
Together with a devoted web guide to the revolution’s historical past, the mission will totally launch in February – to reflect the occasions of 1917: February bread provide shortages adopted by Putilovsky manufacturing facility strike and violent clashes with police in March. All this in the end led to Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication and creation of the Russian Provisional Government.
