The feeling of timelessness: Russian right-wing radical thought of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries between the horizons of the past and the future of Russia

Abstract

This article is devoted to the problem of the development of the Russian right-wing radical ideology before and at the beginning of the 1905 Revolution. The author analyzes the papers of some representatives of this political movement in Russia, tracing the process of evolution of their views from utopian to quite clearly politically meaningful and aimed at solving the social, political and economic problems of Russia that were relevant for that time. The purpose of the article is to show the diversity and contradictions in the system of views of right-wing radicals in Russia at the beginning of the XX century. The author comes to the conclusion that the reforms of S. Yu. Witte had a significant impact on the development of right-wing radicalism in Russia, and during the formation of oppositional views towards them, a strongly updated political platform of right-wing radicalism in Russia at the beginning of the XX century emerged. The author attributes these contradictions to the assessment of the Russian monarchy and the ways of Russia's development/ .The author shows that the right-wing radicals considered Russia at the beginning of the XX century as a country with a sick economy and political system, they opposed the import of institutions from the West, considering the Russian civilization to be quite complete and self-sufficient.