The Lifetime and Resistance Factors of the Russian Revolutionarists in the Second Half of the XIX — the First Third of the XX Centuries
https://doi.org/10.26105/SSPU.2023.3.84.007
Abstract
In the existing literature participants in the revolutionary movement are often viewed as frankly sick people, which is associated with the specifics of marginal existence and repression against them by the state system. In this regard, a special study of this issue is relevant, since the formed image of the “sick revolutionary” casts doubt on the ability of the participants in the revolutionary movement and the radical opposition to realize their socio-political ideals in case of coming to power. Based on a specially created database of one and a half thousand representatives of the revolutionary movement and the opposition, using historical-typological, historical-comparative, quantitative and prosopographic methods, the authors prove that, although being in exile and hard labor had a negative influence on the health of revolutionaries, but the rhythms of life time of participants in the revolutionary movement generally coincide with the rhythms of those politicians who were not subjected to any repression and whose standard of living was higher. The revolutionaries and their opponents were members of a single Russian society that had just begun to move from traditional to modern society. The theses about the extreme spread of mental illness among revolutionaries and their tendency to commit suicide are being questioned. The presence of a large proportion of revolutionaries who have overcome the 70–80-year barrier speaks of their enviable vital capacity, the reasons for which are analyzed in details in the article.
About the Authors
M. E. Razinkov
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G. F. Morozov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Razinkov Mikhail Egorovich — PhD (History), Docent, Docent of Department of Social and Humanitarian Sciences
O. N. Kvasov
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G. F. Morozov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kvasov Oleg Nikolaevich — Doctor of Sciences (History), Docent, Head of Department
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Razinkov M.E., Kvasov O.N. The Lifetime and Resistance Factors of the Russian Revolutionarists in the Second Half of the XIX — the First Third of the XX Centuries. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2023;(3 (84)):135-145. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26105/SSPU.2023.3.84.007
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