The collapse of the constitutional regime and the liberals in the First World War and the Revolution in Russia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02932
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Ikeda Yoshiro 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 准教授 (80449420)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ロシア革命 / 第一次世界大戦 / リベラル / ソ連 / ボリシェヴィキ / 社会主義 / カデット / ロシア帝国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this study is to analyze the role played by the Russian liberals in the First World War and the Revolution of 1917. In the historiography it is often mentioned that the liberals aimed to introduce a constitutional and parliamentarian order in Russia. However, my research made clear that, though they were eager to promote the status of the parliament during the war, after the collapse of the imperial government the liberals themselves tried to govern the country without institutionalizing a parliament. Such an attitude was forced by the extraordinary situation of the war, at the same time it also demonstrated the difficulty with which to stabilize a constitutional and parliamentary order in Russia of the early 20th century, in which a corporative order of society had been stably maintained.

Free Research Field

近現代ロシア史