Kolonitski, B. and Maria Matskevich. Unpredictable past at unpredictable times: The centenary of the revolution of 1917 in today Russia . RUS (São Paulo), São Paulo, v. 8, n. 10, p. 81 - 99, dec. 2017. Kolonitski, B. and Maria Matskevich. Unpredictable past at unpredictable times: The centenary of the revolution of 1917 in today Russia . RUS (São Paulo), São Paulo, v. 8, n. 10, p. 81 - 99, dec. 2017.ISSN 2317-4765DOI 10.11606/issn.2317-4765.rus.2017.140519Posted on site: 28.12.17Текст статьи на сайте журнала URL: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rus/article/view/140519/137247AbstractThe centenary of the Russian revolution is a significant resource that could be used by various actors. In Russia of 2017, a politics of memory carried out at the state level, displayed multidirectional trends. However, there are several long-term factors that limit an actual politics of memory. Among them: previous politics of memory; breaks of communicative and cultural memory; domestic and international context; actual public negative consensus against a notion of revolution and a possibility of revolution in the future; differences in public attitudes towards the Russian revolution’s role, sources and consequences.Авторы:Колоницкий Б.И.,