1st Edition

The Radical Right in Late Imperial Russia Dreams of a True Fatherland?

By George Gilbert Copyright 2016
284 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The revolutionary movements in late tsarist Russia inspired a reaction by groups on the right. Although these groups were ostensibly defending the status quo, they were in fact, as this book argues, very radical in many ways. This book discusses these radical rightist groups, showing how they developed considerable popular appeal across the whole Russian Empire, securing support from a wide... Read more

Introduction  1. Precedents and Origins  2. In Reaction to Revolution  3. Across the Empire  4. Popular Mobilization  5. Russia Renewed  6. Towards Catastrophe 7. Conclusion

Biography

George Gilbert is a Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Southampton, UK.

'The book includes a helpful glossary of rightist individuals and organizations and a detailed map of the Pale of Settlement... the book greatly increases our knowledge of the Russian right.'

Jonathan Daly, University of Illinois at Chicago, Slavonic and East European Review

"The author illustrates the transformative and independent vision of Russia’s spiritual and moral renewal within civic associations, such as the Double-Headed Eagle and the Union of Russian Working Men in Kiev, by the cultural campaigns which consisted in involvement in the temperance movement, creation of student branches, engagement in workers’ education and concentration on the role of women in society."

Joanna Rak, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, Studies in the History of Russia and Central and Eastern Europe (Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej)