Lenin as a guarantor of the oath in children’s folklore of the soviet era

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2020. Volume 5. No. 2. pp. 122-126.

Authors

Sidorenko A. V.*
Bashkir State University, Sterlitamak Branch
49 Lenin Street, 453103 Sterlitamak, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract

The author examines the texts of some children’s informal oath of the Soviet era. Lenin in these cliches appears as a guarantor of the fulfillment of the oath and has a high status. The texts are analyzed in the historical, political and cultural context. They still exist as precedent phenomena. The oath is being explored as a genre of children’s folklore.

Keywords

  • Lenin
  • oath
  • Soviet childhood
  • children’s folklore
  • children’s subculture
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