Authors
- Omelyanchuk Igor Vladimirivich Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor
Annotation
Representatives of the monarchical camp that arose during the years of the first Russian Revolution initially advocated the establishment of the closest relations with the semi-absolutist Kaiser Germany, as the bearer of “monarchical principles” and against rapprochement with the French and English “democracies”, the example of which, they believed, could inspire the Russian opposition to change political system. In favor of an alliance with Germany, according to the right, mutually beneficial trade, proximity of dynasties and the absence of geopolitical contradictions between empires spoke. However, the actions of Austria approved by Germany during the Bosnian crisis of 1908 slightly cooled the ardor of supporters of a pro-German foreign policy orientation and voices appeared calling for fear of “Teutonic” militarism. The outbreak of the First World War forced the monarchists to abandon their previous views and come out in support of the Entente for the complete defeat of Germany. However,
the liberal opposition, violating the principle of “sacred unity” (refusal of all parties from political struggle until the end of the war) to discredit its political opponents, did not hesitate to use the pre-war Germanophilism of the right as a pretext to accuse them of seeking to conclude a separate peace with Germany and even of aiding the enemy. And although the right did not give any reasons for this (except for their expression of fears about the hegemonic aspirations of Great Britain, which was also presented by the liberals as Germanophilism that had not been overcome by the monarchists), the skillfully carried out discrediting of the pro-government monarchist parties by the opposition brought its results: in the “betrayal” of the right (and with them and in the “treason” of the government) not only the Russian public believed, but also the Entente allies, who unanimously supported the February coup carried out by the opposition due to fears of Russia’s withdrawal from the war.
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Omelyanchuk, I. V. (2024). MONARCHISTS’ VIEWS ON RUSSIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XX CENTURY Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 2 (54), 60. https://doi.org/10.25688/20-76-9105.2024.54.2.05
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