Дискусії стосовно національного питання політичного устрою та координації антисамодержавних сил у Російській імперії на Паризькій конференції революційних та опозиційних партій (30 вересня – 9 жовтня 1904 р.)

Abstract

The study covers the consideration of the national question in the Russian Empire at the Paris Conference of Russian Opposition and Revolutionary Parties, to analyze the published minutes of work and the final declaration. In the context of considering inter-ethnic relations in the Russian Empire, it is especially important to trace the views of the conference participants on the socialist-revolutionary projects of a possible reorganization of the Romanov’s despotism into a federal state, with broad autonomy of national territorial units and universal voting rite for all citizens. The research methodology is based on the principles of concrete-historical approach or historicism, objectivity, comprehensiveness and integrity, systematics, as well as the use of methods – analysis and synthesis, historical-comparative, historical-typological, and problem-chronological. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time in the historiography of the Socialist Party of Revolutionaries the national question was covered in detail at an interparty conference in Paris and the main contradictions in views on Russia’s post-revolutionary system between national socialist parties and SRs were analyzed. Conclusions. The Paris Conference served as the first platform for inter-party discussions between Russian liberals and socialists, but differences in their programs on the national question prevented them from developing concrete tactics and agreeing on joint steps to overthrow the autocracy. It resulted only in general political agreements on the establishment of a free democratic regime in Russia on the basis of free voting and the right of nations to self-determination, expressed in a joint declaration.