TY - JOUR

T1 - The all-Russian people's state party of V. M. Purishkevich

T2 - Program, structure and press

AU - Ivanov, A. A.

AU - Chemakin, A. A.

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - In this article for the first time in Russian and foreign historiography the authors reconstruct and analyze the creation, the program and the political activity of one of the most outstanding Russian monarchist parties in the White South of Russia - the All-Russian Peoples State Party (1919-1920). Special attention is paid to its leader V. M. Purishkevich (1870-1920), a famous right-wing politician of the early 20th century, the leaders of different units of the party and its periodicals - the newspaper "V Mockvu!" ("To Moscow!") and the journal "Blagovest" ("Chime"). Using the new sources, the authors discuss in detail the program of the party in its treatment of such vital issues as form of government, civil rights, international relations, agricultural and national policy, national education, etc. The authors prove that in his last political project V. M. Purishkevich made significant adjustments to his pre-revolutionary Black-Hundred programs. This fact draws our attention to ARPSP as an interesting example of the evolution of the views of some Russian right-wing politicians, triggered by the Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War following it. The paper also examines and analyzes the attitude of Denikin's authorities, society and press to ARPSP. The authors reveal such an obscure event as the participation of the party in the election to the Yalta city council. The article is mainly based on archival sources, including V. M. Purishkevich's personal archive to be used in an academic paper for the first time (which has been kept in the library of the Brussels Free University) (Université Libre de Bruxelles). The authors also made wide use of the white-guard press, both conservative and liberal. All this makes a significant contribution to the historical data concerning the activities of different political parties in the White East.

AB - In this article for the first time in Russian and foreign historiography the authors reconstruct and analyze the creation, the program and the political activity of one of the most outstanding Russian monarchist parties in the White South of Russia - the All-Russian Peoples State Party (1919-1920). Special attention is paid to its leader V. M. Purishkevich (1870-1920), a famous right-wing politician of the early 20th century, the leaders of different units of the party and its periodicals - the newspaper "V Mockvu!" ("To Moscow!") and the journal "Blagovest" ("Chime"). Using the new sources, the authors discuss in detail the program of the party in its treatment of such vital issues as form of government, civil rights, international relations, agricultural and national policy, national education, etc. The authors prove that in his last political project V. M. Purishkevich made significant adjustments to his pre-revolutionary Black-Hundred programs. This fact draws our attention to ARPSP as an interesting example of the evolution of the views of some Russian right-wing politicians, triggered by the Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War following it. The paper also examines and analyzes the attitude of Denikin's authorities, society and press to ARPSP. The authors reveal such an obscure event as the participation of the party in the election to the Yalta city council. The article is mainly based on archival sources, including V. M. Purishkevich's personal archive to be used in an academic paper for the first time (which has been kept in the library of the Brussels Free University) (Université Libre de Bruxelles). The authors also made wide use of the white-guard press, both conservative and liberal. All this makes a significant contribution to the historical data concerning the activities of different political parties in the White East.

KW - "Blagovest"

KW - "V Moskvu!"

KW - Conservatism

KW - Monarchism

KW - The All-Russian People's State Party

KW - The Civil War

KW - The White South of Russia

KW - V. M. Purishkevich

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028009364&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.21638/11701/spbu24.2017.208

DO - 10.21638/11701/spbu24.2017.208

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85028009364

SP - 98

EP - 119

JO - Modern History of Russia

JF - Modern History of Russia

SN - 2219-9659

IS - 2

ER -