Obshchestvennye organizat︠s︡ii v t︠s︡arskoĭ Rossii. Nauka, patriotizm i graz︠h︡danskoe obshchestvo
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Serie Российское общество: современные исследования
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The book describes appearance of private societies based on the principles of the Age of Enlightenment in Russia at the end of the XVIIIth - XIXth centuries. The book narrates about forgotten founders and members of private societies, their role in the formation of civil society. The author examines both opportunities and obstacles for development of private initiative in terms of autocracy, cooperation and confrontation between societies and the state, analyzes forces that strengthened the autocratic system, and destroyed it.
