Paul Miliukov and the Quest for a Liberal Russia 1880-1918

Melissa Kirschke Stockdale

Published by Cornell University Press 1997

Paul Miliukov and the Quest for a Liberal Russia 1880-1918

Melissa Kirschke Stockdale

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737923

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Paul N. Miliukov was one of the most formidable intellectual and political forces of Russia's late imperial period. A historian of international reputation, Miliukov eventually became the principal theoretician and leader of Russian liberalism. He helped found the country's first liberal political party, led the party's faction in the Duma, and edited an influential liberal daily. In 1917, Miliukov took the lead in organizing the first Provisional Government. Working tirelessly for a liberal order committed to social reform as well as political liberties and the rule of law, Miliukov also strove to reconcile liberalism and nationalism, championing the rights of national minorities while trying to promote the cohesion of the increasingly fragile empire.

Melissa Kirschke Stockdale's biography of Miliukov's life in Russia is the most comprehensive available in any language. Drawing on his enormous published oeuvre and the five thousand folders of his personal archives in Moscow, many never before available to Western scholars, she examines Miliukov's contributions to Russian historiography, liberal thought, and nationality relations, teases out the connections between his historical writing and his political practice, and assesses his career in a European as well as a Russian context. In so doing, she illuminates the dilemmas involved in constructing a workable liberalism in an illiberal climate, dilemmas with a startling contemporary relevance.

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Melissa Kirschke Stockdale is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Note on Transliteration, Titles, and Dates Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
CHAPTER ONE. Youth and Student Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER TWO. Political Awakening Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
CHAPTER THREE. Miliukov’s Historical Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
CHAPTER FOUR. Scholarship and Opposition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
CHAPTER FIVE. Russian Liberalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
CHAPTER SIX. The Revolution of 1905 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
CHAPTER SEVEN. The Search for Unity, 1907-1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
CHAPTER EIGHT. The War Years Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
CHAPTER NINE. Miliukov Displaced Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 408
Keywords: Soviet & East European History

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Published: April 15, 2019
ISBN: 9781501737923