Peasant traditionalism during the era of the “revolutionary turning point”
https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2022-27-5-1296-1303
Abstract
The analysis of the evolution of the peasant mentality in the historical period of the “revolutionary turning point” is carried out. The relevance of the study lies in the creation of a theoretical basis for a more detailed development of the problem of peasant traditionalism and the problem of the role of the “revolutionary turning point” generation in the crisis of the traditional peasant mentality in the first third of the 20th century. In the course of the study, analytical and historical-comparative methods were used. It is shown that the radicalization of the mood of the peasants during the years of the First Russian revolution was due to the problem of land scarcity and the spread of neo-populist ideas that worsened at the early 20th century. The war factor created the prerequisites for a new view of the peasants on the problem of the relationship between the monarchical power and the people, which contained grounds for a deep rupture of age-old traditional ties. The events of the 1917 revolution and the Civil War led to the breakdown of the traditional communal archetype in the peasant mentality, influencing the emergence of intergenerational conflicts and deepening the confrontation between the rural poor and the prosperous peasantry.
Keywords
peasantry,
era of the “revolutionary turning point”,
peasant traditionalism,
generational history,
revolution,
war
Supporting agencies: The study was supported by the grant of the Russian Science Foundation no. 22-18-00132 “Generation of the “revolutionary turning point” in the fate of the Russian village in the first third of the 20th century”.
About the Authors
A. Y. Viazinkin
Tambov State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksei Y. Viazinkin, Candidate of Philosophy, Senior Research Scholar
106 Sovetskaya St., Tambov 392000
K. A. Yakimov
Tambov State Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kuzma A. Yakimov, Candidate of History, Senior Research Scholar
106 Sovetskaya St., Tambov 392000
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Viazinkin A.Y., Yakimov K.A. Peasant traditionalism during the era of the “revolutionary turning point”. Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. 2022;27(5):1296-1303. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2022-27-5-1296-1303
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