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UDC 93/94(47)“186/187”
Kuznetsova Natalya Yurievna, Postgraduate student
Petrozavodsk State University
OLD BELIEVERS’ RESEARCHER A. S. PRUGAVIN: FORMATION OF POLITICAL VIEWS OF THE POP-ULISTS IN THE 60s — 70s XIX CENTURY
Abstract
The article considers the reasons that influenced the formation of political views of A. S. Prugavin (1850—1920), an Old Believers’ and sectarianism researcher, historian and journalist. The influence of the family and educational background on the researcher’s world outlook is considered. The article provides an overview of the social situation during the period of A. S. Prugavin’s study in Petrovskaya Agricultural Academy in Moscow. The author comes to the conclusion that the formation of A. S. Prugavin’s views and his interest in the populism at an early stage of his life was influenced by several reasons, including his origins, family influence in his childhood and the impact of the university environment during his youth. Due to the family influence, A.S. Prugavin got a notion about the life of ordinary people. During his studies in higher educational institution, the researcher got acquainted with the representatives of social and political cohort he associated himself with for the rest of his life. During this period he also chose the main research subject — the study of the Old Belief and sectarianism in the Russian empire.Key words
Populism, A. S. Prugavin, the intellectuals, political views, social life.
References
1. Аптекман О. В. [Воспоминания об А. С. Пругавине] // Русская Правда. 1928. № 1. С. 55—57.