RUSSIAN FUTURISM MANIFESTOS: POLITICAL ORIGINS OF AVANT-GARDE RHETORIC OF THE EARLY 1910S

This paper explores a lesser-known aspect of Russian futurism - the political context of its manifestations. By "manifestations", we refer to a broad range of artistic practices that have sparked public debate, from direct manifestos to individual instances of artistic behavior. Our goal is to demonstrate the discursive link between the rhetoric and artistic gestures of Russian futurists prior to 1917 and left-wing radical politics by examining M. Puchner's theory regarding the relationship between the structure of an artistic manifesto and the rise of political manifestos in European culture during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We aim to challenge the traditional view that the political dimension of the Russian avant-garde did not exist before the October Revolution or was insignificant.