Kistiakovsky - The Struggle for National and Constitutional Rights in the Last Years of Tsarism

In 1903 Bogdan Kistiakovsky railed against Lenin's concept of a vanguard party to lead the revolution, remarking that he did not want to see the Romanov autocracy replaced with the despotism of Lenin in the name of the dictatorship of the proletariat. His charge was wholly consistent with a life (1868-1920) devoted to the development of rule of law in the Russian Empire--a new government based on respect for national minorities, human rights, and constitutional federalism. Susan Heuman's study shows the fresh urgency of Kistiakovsky's ideas as Russia, Ukraine, and the other countries of the former Soviet Union seek to establish precisely those values that Kistiakovsky put forth ninety years ago. Heuman's analysis and portrait of Kistiakovsky will provoke scholars of Russian and Ukrainian intellectual history to reassess early twentieth-century politics and society in the Russian Empire.

About the author

Susan Heuman is Associate Professor of History at Manhattanville College.

Summary

Kistiakovsky railed against Lenin’s concept of a vanguard party to lead the revolution and advocated a government based on respect for human rights and constitutional federalism. Heuman shows the fresh urgency of Kistiakovsky’s ideas as countries of the former Soviet Union seek to establish precisely those values that he put forth 90 years ago.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Heuman, Heuman Susan
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.1998
• EAN: 9780916458614
• ISBN: 978-0-916458-61-4
• Weight: 517 g
• Illustrations: 4 halftones
• Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies; Harvard Series in Ukrainian St; Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Publications; Economics & Business Aust Curriculum series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet