Russian Monarchist Union

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

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).

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.