Youth of the ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire in the ­revolution of 1905

Abstract

Youth participation in the revolutionary events of 1905-1907 began long before the beginning of the revolution. Opposition sentiments towards the regime ruling in the Russian Empire have been forming since the second half of the 19th century. Their activation coincides with the growth of the higher education system and organized illegal student life at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The presented article analyzes the main factors and forms of involvement of student youth in opposition academic, and later - political activities. The conclusion is substantiated that even during the revolutionary events of 1905-1907 there is no reason to speak of a consolidated political position of student youth as such. In the youth environment, there were various groups, and most of them were not inclined to political speeches under the conditions of meeting the basic requirements of academic freedom.