Liberal political parties and organizations in the territory of Belarus in 1905 – February 1917: structure and number

Authors

  • Dmitry S. Lavrinovich Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University, 1 Kasmanaŭtaŭ Street, Mahilioŭ 212022, Belarus

Keywords:

liberalism, the constitutional democrats, the oktyabrists, Jewish national organizations, Polish party

Abstract

The article reveals the structure of the liberal camp in the territory of Belarus at the beginning of the ХХ century. The author shows the structure and characterizes the social, national-confessional and numeral composition of the departments of all-Russian political parties (constitutional democrats, the Union of October 17, the Union for the full rights of the Jewish People in Russia and others), regional associations, operating within the borders of Belarus and neighboring provinces (the Constitutional Catholic party of Lithuania and Belarus, organizations shared the boundary idea, the Polish national parties), as well as local organizations, functioning at the level of certain provinces or towns (Mogilev progressive party, the North-West Russian veche, Belarusian society, Minsk society of doctors and other).

Author Biography

  • Dmitry S. Lavrinovich, Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University, 1 Kasmanaŭtaŭ Street, Mahilioŭ 212022, Belarus

    doctor of science (history), full professor; first vice-principal

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2017-03-30

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No. 1 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

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Belarusian History

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Lavrinovich, D.S. 2017. Liberal political parties and organizations in the territory of Belarus in 1905 – February 1917: structure and number. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 1 (Mar. 2017), 25–31.