Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / Between the March 1917 revolution in Russia and the November 18 armistice with Germany, Britain's diplomatic and military activities in Russia had been determined by the war against Germany. During the period of the Provisional Government, the great effort had been to maintain the Eastern Front by keeping Russia actively in the war. From the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917 to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, this effort was continued. When it clearly had failed, military intervention was tried to keep Allied military stores from falling into German hands and to prevent Germany from exploiting Russia's resources and thereby prolonging the war. This military intervention, by force of circumstances, was carried out in cooperation with anti-Bolshevik Russian elements [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

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Scholars are paying a great deal of attention to the complexity of the stories being created for print, film, television, and the Web. In this essay, we expand on the concept of polymediated narrative complexity in contemporary storyworlds to explore how external discourses influence their legacies and interpretations. Our exploration of the relationship between complex narratives and the discourses in which they participate focuses on one television genre and starts with one television program: Kolchak: The Night Stalker. We argue that Kolchak remains an important and ever-evolving discursive fragment within the supernatural drama genre.

Each panelist has chosen an artifact (or type, genre, etc.) from the recent past and interrogated its role as an influence on contemporary popular culture, working to show the linkage between then and now. This type of work is underappreciated and we would like to attempt to show how informing ourselves on popular culture past can make us better critics in the present. Our hope is to inspire others to take up that cause as well. In that spirit, we would like to encourage people to come prepared to discuss ideas and share their own work in a workshop type environment.

The thesis deals with the Czechoslovak garisson and the diplomatic representation in Omsk during the Russian Civil War and the anti-bolshevik governments in the city (1918-1919). It focuses on the local events through the opticians mentioned above, evaluates and analyzes their role, attitudes, everyday life and relations with the White governments and the domestic population. The work is primarilly based on the study of archive sources, periodicals and memories of the participants.