Russian Liberals and the Revolution of 1905
There is a widespread notion that Russia is forever fated to be an authoritarian country where liberalism and democracy can never make real progress. However, at the beginning of the twentieth century there was an extremely influential “liberationist†movement which culminated in the formation of a modern, Western-style liberal party, the Constitutional Democrats or “Kadetsâ€. The book prov...
There is a widespread notion that Russia is forever fated to be an authoritarian country where liberalism and democracy can never make real progress. However, at the beginning of the twentieth century there was an extremely influential “liberationist†movement which culminated in the formation of a modern, Western-style liberal party, the Constitutional Democrats or “Kadetsâ€. The book prov...
