Bunin, chrześcijaństwo i rewolucja
Bunin, Christianity and Revolution

Summary/Abstract: The diary of Russia’s first Nobel Prize winner in literature, Ivan Bunin, describing the events of 1918-1919 in Moscow and Odessa, served as a starting point for reflection on the revolution, the genesis of which is seen in the rebellion of the biblical Cain, as the original title Окаянные дни suggests. In both works – this diary, written in the spur of the moment, and in the short story The Goddess of Reason written in exile, the author used episodes from the Great French Revolution, stating the universalism of the mechanisms by which every revolution in ruled. The article also refers to the works of French historians Georges Lenotre and Reynald Secher, as well as the historiosophical sketch of Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev. Based on the analysed research material, a thesis about the ontological contradiction between a revolution and Christianity was put forward. The former propagates the cult of Reason and calls for rebellion which consequently leads to the civilization of death. Christianity confesses the Risen Christ, proclaims the universal Resurrection of the dead and is an absolute affirmation of life.

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