Revolutionary sentiments of provincial students in the late XIX - early XX century on the example of Kursk province

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doi 10.28995/2073-0101-2024-4-1055-1069

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Zarubina, Kristina A. (2024), Revolutionary moods of provincial students in the late XIX - early XX century on the example of Kursk province, Herald of an Archivist, № 4, pp. 1055-1069, doi 10.28995/2073-0101-2024-4-1055-1069

Zarubina, Kristina A., South-West State University, Kursk, Russia

Revolutionary sentiments of provincial students in the late XIX - early XX century on the example of Kursk province

Abstract

The study analyzes the experience of Kurian students who actively supported and disseminated revolutionary sentiments in the Russian Empire during the period of the highest tension of political forces in the run-up to the first Russian Revolution (late XIX - early XX century). The increased interest of researchers to the events highlighting the political position of individual, the most active groups of the population (such as students) on the threshold of the first Russian revolution of the early XX century is explained not only by cognitive purposes, but also by the search in historical retrospect for analogs of modern socio-political processes taking place in the state. The analysis of the past experience will help to identify modern effective tools to ensure stable domestic political development of the country, including to curb the growth of protest sentiments, and the regional aspect of the study of the problem will allow to objectively assess the course of the historical process on a nationwide scale. It was determined that Kursk Province in the period under consideration was a typical region of the European part of Russia, where the representatives of the main revolutionary social and political movements of the Russian Empire carried out their anti-government activities. In this regard, the political worldview of the provincial population was formed both under the influence of unresolved traditional issues for the Russian society and under the influence of political propaganda. We used both the method of analysis, synthesis, generalization, as well as historical-comparative and chronological methods. Many archival materials were introduced into scientific turnover in the work for the first time, which also actualizes the topic of the study. Based on the study of archival cases and specialized scientific literature, it was determined that Kurian students, studying in various higher educational institutions of the Russian Empire, in the period under consideration showed high political activity. Among the means of political struggle, open forms of resistance to the authorities prevailed (e.g., participation in political speeches, political propaganda, membership in banned associations, etc.). However, because there were no higher educational institutions in the region at that time, and Kurians received their higher education in other major Russian cities (e.g., Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kharkov), students most often defended their revolutionary views there, and therefore the influence of politically active students on provincial society was generally insignificant.

Keywords

Revolution, students, Kursk students, socio-political movements, Kursk Province, demonstration, open supervision, unplanned supervision, political activity of youth.

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About the authors

Zarubina Kristina A., PhD in History, Southwestern State University, Faculty of Law, Department of Theory and History of State and Law, Lecturer, Kursk, Russia, +7-952-493-74-71, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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The publication was prepared within the framework of the fulfillment of the state task for 2024 “Transformation of private and public law in the conditions of evolving individuals, society and state”, № 085102020-0033, https://rosrid.ru/ikrbs/detail/1JFS36RHKM5Y6YA549II6KY1

The article was received in the editorial office on 29.02.2024, recommended for publication on 20.04.2024.