Crisis and decline : the radical right movement in the Russian Empire, 1900-1914
This thesis examines the radical right movement in the Russian Empire between 1900 and 1914. Eschewing an exclusively âhigh politicalâ focus, it considers the right-wing interaction with Russian society in what rightist activists widely considered to be an era of crisis. It examines the construction of social and political identities by rightists, and also their practical projects in what was part of a wider effort to renovate and transform Russia, and arrest what were perceived as negative developments in politics and society. In so doing, leaders and activists tested the effectiveness of a developing popular monarchist ideology in the age of mass politics, during and after the 1905 revolution. Examining several major right-wing groups, the Russian Assembly, Russian Monarchist Party, Union of Russian Men, Union of Russian People, and Union of the Archangel Mikhail, this work presents an argument that rightists were becoming increasingly radical in the final years of the Russian Empire, as they enthusiastically engaged with the challenges presented in post-1905 Russia, yet were still drawing on conservative precepts. The creation of a populist appeal was part of a wider process of political mobilization
Gilbert, George
Crisis and decline : the radical right movement in the Russian Empire, 1900-1914. This thesis examines the radical right movement in the Russian Empire between 1900 and 1914. Eschewing an exclusively âhigh politicalâ focus, it considers the right-wing interaction with Russian society in what rightist activists widely considered to be an era of crisis. It examines the construction of social and political identities by rightists, and also their practical projects in what was part of a wider effort to renovate and transform Russia, and arrest what were perceived as negative developments in politics and society. In so doing, leaders and activists tested the effectiveness of a developing popular monarchist ideology in the age of mass politics, during and after the 1905 revolution. Examining several major right-wing groups, the Russian Assembly, Russian Monarchist Party, Union of Russian Men, Union of Russian People, and Union of the Archangel Mikhail, this work presents an argument that rightists were becoming increasingly radical in the final years of the Russian Empire, as they enthusiastically engaged with the challenges presented in post-1905 Russia, yet were still drawing on conservative precepts. The creation of a populist appeal was part of a wider process of political mobilization
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