The Russian Revolutionary Movement in the 1880s

by Derek Offord

• ISBN13: 9780521892193
• ISBN10: 0521892198
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-23
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Note on dates, transliteration and use of Russian terms

Glossary

Map of European Russia in the 1880s

1. Russian Revolution populism before 1 March 1881

2. Narodnaya Volya after 1 March 1881

3. 'Populists', 'militarists', 'conspirators' and other groups in the 1880s

4, The beginnings of Russian social democracy

Conclusion

Key to abbreviations used in notes and bibliography

Notes

Select bibliography

Index.