Проблема эксцесса революционного насилия в крестьянском движении 1905–1907 гг. (по материалам Саратовской губернии)

Abstract

The article examines the phenomenon of revolutionary violence, cultivated and entrenched in the mass peasant consciousness at the beginning of the XX century. The author, relying on archival sources, explores the evolution and features of the excesses of revolutionary violence manifested inthe peasantmovement in 1905–1906 usingthe example ofthe Saratov province. The articleconcludesthatthesyndrome of violence in the agrarian movement has formed as an archetype of the mass revolutionizedconsciousness of the peasant masses, manifested in their illegal actions. The excess of revolutionary violence inevitably led to the marginalization of the peasantry, destroying its class values and traditions.