| «The Russian Bulletin», 1863-1917: A Liberal Voice in Tsarist Russia Contributor(s): Balmuth, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820449210 ISBN-13: 9780820449210 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $117.56 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - History | Eastern Europe - General |
| Dewey: 077.31 |
| LCCN: 99052913 |
| Series: Neue Deutsch-Amerikanische Studien |
| Physical Information: 462 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book details the career of the professors' newspaper , The Russian Bulletin, which served as a spokesman of Russian liberalism for over fifty years. It defended the legacy of Alexander II's Great Reforms, jury courts, and the zemstvo, and called for the rule of law and, eventually, a constitution and Duma for Russia. It combined this liberal position with a defense of the peasant commune and its egalitarianism and a critical attitude toward factories, business, and the free market. After 1905 the newspaper's views evolved; it slowly began to reconsider its egalitarian liberal populist views and its sympathy toward socialists. Before the fall of Tsarism, it accepted the novelty of individual farming and the benefits of industry and foreign investments. |