THE AWAKENING OF GREAT RUSSIAN PEASANTRY’S CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE BEGINNING OF XX CENTURY

Abstract

The awareness of each individual and each individual group, their social status and their vital needs is a necessary feature of any society. In this plan, it seems important to consider the condition of the Russian peasantry in the turn of the XIX-XX centuries for the purpose of reasons’ clarification that contributed to the awakening consciousness of the rural workers. It is proved that the reason for the awakening consciousness of the rural workers the studied period of time was the deterioration of relations between peasants and their administration in the face of land chiefs, township heads and township clerks. Analysis stored in the State Archive of the Russian Federation documents containing information about activities of the All-Russian Peasant Union, an important reason for the awakening the peasants’ self-awareness at the beginning of the XX century was the influence of the agitation of the Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Social Democrats. It is revealed that under the influence of this propaganda the attitude of the farmers to the Emperor, relative to the parochial clergy, the attitude of wealthy farmers, etc was formed. It is noted, that during the first Russian revolution of 1905-1907, rural workers have become more respectful to treat their people’s teachers. Due to that with the formation of the State Duma and the right to openly express their demands of Russian peasantry, fully aware of themselves as a class in the Russian society.