Russian Monarchist Union

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Russian Monarchic Union (RMU)
Founded1905
Moscow, Russian Empire
TypeNon-governmental organization
FocusPublic and political
Location
  • Moscow, Russian Federation (international)
Area served
Russian Empire
Members
10 thousand
Key people
, The Supreme Consul
,
Website[1]

Russian Monarchist Party was a Russian monarchist Rightist nationalist organisation, founded in February 1905 in Moscow. In 1907 it changed name to Russian Monarchist Union.

The party was founded by (ru), reactionary editor of the periodical Moscow News (Moskovskiye vedomosti), in February.[1]

It advocated the reestablishment of a powerful autocratic rule, martial law, and suppression of Jews who they claimed were mainly the instigators of the revolutionary disorders.[1] It also stood for local self-government, public education, freedom of the press, improvement of workers and peasants conditions and had following internal enemies: Constitutional-Democrats, Socialists, revolutionaries, anarchists and the aforementioned Jews (Bundists).[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Figes, p. 196
  2. ^ «Московские ведомости», 16 [O.S. 1906] июня г., №141.(

Bibliography[]

  • Figes, Orlando (2014). A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 9781847922915.
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