Russian Monarchist Union

Russian Monarchist Union (Russian: Русский монархический союз, romanizedRusskii Monarkhicheskii Soiuz) was a Russian monarchist right-wing nationalist organisation, founded in February 1905 in Moscow. Until 1907, it was known as the Russian Monarchist Party (Russian: Русская монархическая партия, romanizedRusskaia Monarkhicheskaia Partiia).

Russian Monarchist Union
Russian: Русский монархический союз
AbbreviationRMU (РМС)
FounderVladimir Gringmut
FoundedMay 8, 1905; 119 years ago (1905-05-08)
DissolvedOctober 1917; 107 years ago (1917-10)
HeadquartersMoscow, Russian Empire
Newspaper"The Russian Monarchist" (Русский Монархист)
Membership10,000
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
ReligionRussian Orthodox Church
Colours  Black   Gold   White
Slogan"God is With Us!" (Съ нами Богъ!)
Party flag

The party was founded by Vladimir Gringmut (ru), reactionary editor of the periodical Moscow News (Moskovskiye vedomosti), in February.[1]

It advocated the reestablishment of a powerful autocratic rule, martial law, and suppression of Jews, who they claimed were mainly the instigators of the revolutionary disorders.[1] It also stood for local self-government, public education, freedom of the press, and improving workers' and peasants' conditions. It had the following internal enemies: constitutional democrats, socialists, revolutionaries, anarchists, and the aforementioned Bundists.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Figes, p. 196
  2. ^ «Московские ведомости», 16 [O.S. 1906] июня г., №141.(

Bibliography

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  • Figes, Orlando (2014). A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 9781847922915.