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The Russian Bolshevist National Party : An Unorthodox Endeavor The appearance of the Russian National Bolshevik Party (NBP), a small group of young people today banned for “extremism”, was closely linked to the crisis that accompanied the collapse of the USSR, which opened a brief window of opportunity for the emergence of unorthodox political endeavors. The profound changes that have since affected the Party’s platform – in the space of just a few years, it has moved from nationalism to the defense of civil liberties – must be understood in the context of the reorganization of the political landscape that took place during Vladimir Putin’s presidency. With Putin adopting patriotic rhetoric, the Party had to change its pitch in order to retain its stance of radical opposition. Indeed, a survey conducted within the NBP shows that it caters to a very specific activist pleasure : that of playing the game of revolutionary adventure. Beyond the case studied, the pleasure to be had in games organized around extraordinary (because non-routine) scenarios may more generally be considered a reward of unusual political undertakings. As such, it contributes to our understanding of them.