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The Russian Revolutionary Movement in the 1880s

By Derek Offord

Book information

Year
1986
ISBN
0521327237, 9780521327237
LCC
HX313 .O36 1986
Open Library ID
OL2724000M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6603354 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
232\232
Topic
Geography Russia
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The book deals with the various revolutionary groups active in Russia in the 1880s. The first chapter attempts a definition of Populism, examines the main strategies on which revolutionary activity was based in the 1870s, traces the development of the main organisations of that decade and discusses their relationship to the prevailing theories. The three following chapters examine the history of the organisations of the 1880s in the light of this discussion and against the background of a reactionary political atmosphere, cultural stagnation, despondency in the intelligentsia, and industrial development. The early political activity and sympathies of Lenin are also discussed at some length. The conclusion assesses the significance of the organisations of the 1880s in the larger history of the Russian revolutionary movement.

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