„Lenin wiecznie żywy”. Obraz wodza rewolucji we współcze-snej rosyjskiej i polskiej fantastyce
“Lenin forever alive”. The image of the head of the Russian revolution in Russian and Polish fiction

Summary/Abstract: The starting point of the paper is to assume that Lenin’s image functions as a pop culture icon. Consequently, the basic purpose of the present text is to try to answer the question about how to create and present the image of the head of the Bolshevik Revolu-tion, as well as about its function in Russian and Polish science-fiction works. The research material includes five fantastic stories: Andrei Lazarchuk, The Mummy, Andrei Stolarov, The Mummy, Andrzej Pilipiuk, Lenin, Lenin 2. Something survived, Cane Fields. Based on the analysis of the works, it can be inferred that Russian authors are definitely more (despite the presence of humorous accents) directed at reworking trauma and anticipating future events with an apocalyptic overtone. In the case of Andrzej Pilipiuk, this element is not there − Lenin’s image is exclusively satiric and grotesque, lacking the features of a realistically life-threatening monster. It seems that Russians are still living “in the shadow” of the Chief and trying to work through the trauma of communism. In the works of Andrzej Pilipiuk, Lenin’s painting (while maintaining all of his constitutive qualities) carries no real threat of returning to the dramatic past and successfully functions as a relic of the past and one of the icons of pop-communism.

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