British Humanitarian Activity in Russia, 1890-1923

This book analyses the efforts of British civil society to help a Russia seen to be struggling between 1890 and the 1920s. Luke Kelly seeks to show why churches, pressure groups, charities, politicians and journalists came to promote religious and political liberty and to relieve the victims of famines in late-tsarist and early communist Russia. By focusing on the roles of Christian, Jewish and liberal interests in deploying humanitarian solutions, Kelly shows how humanitarianism developed 'from below', while also examining the growth of a broader humanitarian discourse in the context of the Anglo-Russian relationship.

List of contents

1. Introduction: British Humanitarian Activity and Russia, c. 1890-1923.- 2. Humanitarian traditions and Russia's problems.- 3. Britain and the Russian Famine, 1891-2.- 4. Speaking up for Religious Freedom in Russia: Jewish and Christian humanitarianism.- 5. Humanitarian sympathy and national liberation.- 6. Britain and the Russian Famine, 1921-3.- 7. Conclusion.- Index

About the author

Luke Kelly is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester, UK.

Summary

This book analyses the efforts of British civil society to help a Russia seen to be struggling between 1890 and the 1920s. Luke Kelly seeks to show why churches, pressure groups, charities, politicians and journalists came to promote religious and political liberty and to relieve the victims of famines in late-tsarist and early communist Russia. By focusing on the roles of Christian, Jewish and liberal interests in deploying humanitarian solutions, Kelly shows how humanitarianism developed ‘from below’, while also examining the growth of a broader humanitarian discourse in the context of the Anglo-Russian relationship.

Product details

• Authors: Luke Kelly
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9783319651897
• ISBN: 978-3-31-965189-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 19 mm x 213 mm
• Weight: 416 g
• Illustrations: X, 220 p. 9 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; B, History, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, History of Religion, Social and cultural history, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Religion—History, Europe—History—1492-, Europe, Eastern—History, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Russia—History, History of Modern Europe