Утопия и патернализм в аграрной России: традиции и современность. Часть I: конец XVII в. – 30-е гг. XX в.

Abstract

The aim of the study is to show the relationship of such socio-cultural phenomena as utopia and paternalism in the history of agrarian Russia. The paper consistently provides insight into the following aspects of the study: the role of paternalism and utopia in the complex structure of economic and spiritual values of Russians in the pre-reform period (from the late 17th century to the first half of the 19th century); the transformation of the traditions of paternalism in their connection with utopian ideas in the period after the emancipation reform of 1861 and up to the 1930s. The scientific novelty of the study lies in determining how the connection between the elements of utopia and paternalism manifested itself in the context of solving key economic and socio-cultural problems of agrarian Russia. As a result, the author shows that the positive aspects associated with the rise of Russian national culture in the early 20th century could not be appreciated either by the czarist-era authorities or later by the Bolshevik leadership and eventually a real chance for the economic and socio-cultural rise of the country was missed. The research on this topic will be continued in the next publication.