Kaptelina, O. A.
Monarchical Moods of the Peasants
in the Russian Empire of the Early XXth Century
(Based on the Letters of the Chief Council
of the Russian People’s Union): Issues
of Source Studies
// Politics and Society.
2014. № 8.
P. 942-949.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=54267
Kaptelina, O. A. Monarchical Moods of the Peasants
in the Russian Empire of the Early XXth Century
(Based on the Letters of the Chief Council
of the Russian People’s Union): Issues
of Source Studies
Abstract: Political transformations that took place in the Russian Empire after revolutionary events of 1905 – 1907 were
followed by the differentiation of public moods. Various social groups experienced the process in different ways. The most
interesting and understudied question still remains the question about the attitude of peasants to democratic changes happening
in Russia back in those times. The present article presents the attempt of the author to clarify the moods of peasants
that were refl ected in letters addressed to the Russian People’s Union and stored in the State Archive of the Russian
Federation. The article deals with the questions about to what extent peasants followed the monarchical views, how they
conveyed their ideas and what infl uence the Russian People’s Union had on the evolution of peasant mentality. In her research
O. Kaptelina studies archives and focuses on methods of information analysis adopted from source studies including
attribution and classifi cation of letters as well as the frequency analysis. Source analysis of materials was performed
with reference to the authentic interpretation of letters written by peasants and analysis of their informative value for the
purpose of studying the perception of the policy of the Russian People’s Union by peasants as well as to what degree peasants
shared the monarchical moods and basic ideas of the party. The results of the analysis of peasants’ letters do not only
show that after the revolution of 1905 – 1907 peasants kept to the monarchical policy and shared the ideas of the extreme
right-wing political movement but also allow to see all the shades of those moods. The scientifi c novelty of the research is
in introduction of archives and their integrated study into scientifi c use.
Keywords:
Russian Empire, revolution, Russian People’s Union, monarchical views, peasant mentality, source studies, reforms, public moods, social groups.
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