Union of the Russian People
Union of the Russian People Союз русского народа | |
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| Abbreviation | URP (English) СРН/SRN (Russian) |
| Chairman | Alexander Dubrovin |
| Deputy Chairman | Vladimir Purishkevich Alexander Trishatny |
| Founded | 8 November 1905 (118 Years Ago) |
| Banned | March 1917 (107 Years ago) |
| Succeeded by | Union of the Russian People |
| Headquarters | Basque Lane, Дом № 3, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Newspaper | Russkoye Znamya |
| Membership (1907) | 334,000 claimed adherents |
| Ideology | Monarchism (Tsarism) Russia for Russians Triune Russian nation Great Russian nationalism Conservatism (Russian) Orthodox fundamentalism Right-wing populism Antisemitism Anti-Ukrainian sentiment Pochvennichestvo Proto-fascism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox Church |
| National affiliation | Black Hundreds |
| Colours | Black, white and gold (House of Romanov colours) |
| Slogan | "For the Tsar, Faith and Fatherland" |
| Anthem | "God Save the Tsar!" |
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| Website | |
| http://srn.rusidea.org/ | |
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The Union of the Russian People (URP) (Russian: Союз русского народа, romanized: Soyuz russkogo naroda; СРН/SRN) was a loyalist far-right nationalist political party, the most important among Black-Hundredist monarchist political organizations in the Russian Empire between 1905 and 1917. Since 2005, organizational cells of the Union have been undergoing a revival in Russia and Ukraine.
Founded in October 1905, its aim was to rally the people behind Great Russian nationalism and the Tsar, espousing anti-socialist, anti-liberal, and above all antisemitic views. By 1906, it had over 300,000 members. Its paramilitary armed bands, called the Black Hundreds, fought revolutionaries violently in the streets. Its leaders organised a series of political assassinations of deputies and other representatives of parties which supported the Russian Revolution of 1905.
The Union was dissolved in 1917 in the wake of the February Revolution, and its leader, Alexander Dubrovin, was placed under arrest and died under mysterious circumstances.
Some modern academic researchers view the Union of the Russian People as an early example of fascism.