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Pre-October Historiography of the Question of Public Prigovory and Nakazy Drawing up by Russian and Ukrainian Peasantry (years 1905–1907)
Authors: Dmytro Kudinov
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Prigovor movement turned out to be a phenomenal peasants’ claim of their civil rights and economic interests. It made both governing authorities and the opposition to reconsider their views on the peasant question, begin to conceive peasantry as a real social power dependant of which were Russian state prospects. Literary heritage of the first peasant movement researches – K. Sivkov, B. Veselkovskiy, P. Marev, P. Maslov, M. Kr-l – is studied particularly under this perspective. The article provides the analysis of the prigovory and nakazy investigation methods and classifications, applied by pre-revolutionary scientists, their vision about objective overview of peasants aspirations and interests, parties participation in petitions drawing up, peasants attitudes to Duma. Generalized conclusion is made that all the researches agreed on the idea of agriculturists claims for “land and liberty”, on the decay of their monarchy feelings and forming of peasant public conscience.