Right-wing parties and orthodox clergy in 1905‒1914 (with Vladimirskaya guberniya as an example)
This article examines (with Vladimirskaya Guberniya as an example) relations between the Orthodox clergy and those monarchist parties that emerged in the years of the fi rst Russian revolution. Despite the desire of Russian monarchists to maintain the “dominance of the Orthodox Church”, the majority...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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St. Tikhon's Orthodox University
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ II. Istoriâ, Istoriâ Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi |
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| Online Access: | http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6897 |
| Summary: | This article examines (with Vladimirskaya Guberniya as an example) relations between the Orthodox clergy and those monarchist parties that emerged in the years of the fi rst Russian revolution. Despite the desire of Russian monarchists to maintain the “dominance of the Orthodox Church”, the majority of the clergy were negatively disposed towards the emergence of monarchist (right-wing, Black Hundred) parties. Among the factors that determined this attitude, the following should be highlighted: growth of disaff ection across the clergy because of their poverty (particularly in rural areas); growth of bureaucracy in the church and successful propaganda of revolution; position of Holy Synod which did not approve the participation of the clergy in political activities including those monarchist; pressure on the clergy from the political opposition that did not hesitate to employ dirty methods to achieve their aims; fi nally, personal political tastes of the archbishop of Vladimir, who kept a distance from rightists. After the position of Holy Synod had changed and a new bishop came to offi ce in the diocese (who did not conceal his monarchist opinions), the number of priests sympathising with the right wing started to increase. However, in contrast to the south-western outskirts of the Empire, where the Orthodox clergy supported the right wing en masse, in Vladimirskaya Guberniya one cannot speak about any close collaboration between monarchists and the clergy, apart from singular cases when priests joined right-wing organisations. |
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| ISSN: | 1991-6434 2409-4811 |