11.04.2025
Department of History
Julia Safronova
The Arzamas portal has released a new audio course from Associate Professor of History Yulia Safronova , “Who Were the Narodniks and What Did They Want?” The main questions of the course are why in the 1870s young people went en masse to raise peasants to revolt and educate workers, and what came of it.
The course consists of four lectures each lasting from 22 to 26 minutes:
- Ideas and Organizations of the Narodniks
How the emergence of the populists is connected with the Great Reforms, what young people believed in in the 1870s and why they became disillusioned with their ideas.
- How the Narodniks Went to the People
What sort of life did the Narodniks dream of for the peasants, and what did the peasants themselves want; what were the dangers of the red shirts and criticism of the tsar, and what prevented the rural paramedic from conducting propaganda. - The Narodniks in Factories and Barracks
How, because of one young man, the Emperor banned the admission of Vologda seminary graduates to secular universities.
- A Woman's Path to the Narodniks
What do we find in the letters, diaries, poems, readings, reflections and debates of girls (and boys) who dreamt of serving the people in the 1870s?
Please note that three of the four lectures are marked 18+.
This is a paid course and is available by subscription. The subscription gives access to all Arzamas courses and podcasts on history and culture and costs 299 rubles per month or 1999 rubles per year.
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