Russian Assembly

TheRussian Assembly(Russian:Русское собрание) was a Russian loyalist, right-wing,monarchistpolitical group (party). It was founded inSaint Petersburgin October−November 1900,and dismissed in 1917. It was led byPrince Dmitry Golitsyn.It opposed liberal western parliamentarianism, and advocated 'the old formula ofAutocracy, Orthodoxy and Nationality'.

It consisted mainly of right-wing officers and civil-servants in St. Petersburg.

Leaders

The first congress (rally) of the Russian Assembly took place on February 25 [O.S.12] 1901 in Petersburg. It approved the rights of 120 full members of the party and elected the supreme governing body, the Board of 18 members. PrinceDmitri Petrovich Golitsynwas elected a chairman of the Council; members of the Board journalistAleksey Suvorinand writerSergei Syromyatnikovas his two deputies (Russian:товарищи председателя).

Another 15 members of the first Board were:

• Army generals:Mikhail Borodkin,Alexander Vasilyev,countN. Geiden,Akim Zolotaryov;
• Statesmen:baron R. Disterlo, V. Lyschinsky,Alexander Krivoshein,Alexey Kharuzin;librarianof the State Chancellery S. Yuferov;
• PublishersCol.Vissarion KomarovandAlexey Suvorin,censorNikolay Sokolov
• WritersA. Papkov andNikolai Engelhardt,poetVasiliy Velichko.

Among those elected to the Board subsequently were

• Nobility:Princes –Michael Volkonsky(later one of the leaders of theUnion of Russian People),А. А. Куракин,A. Lobanov-Rostovsky, M. Shakhovskoy;Counts– P. Apraksin,Aleksei Bobrinsky,Sergei Toll;BaronM. Taube.
• Clergy:bishopSeraphim Chichagov(later one of the founders of theUnion of Russian People)
• Statesmen:Alexei Khvostov,Vladimir Gurko,M. Govorukha-Otrok, A. Karamzin, N. Myasoedov, A. Chemodurov,Nikolai Zverev(later one of the founders of theRussian Peripheral Society),

Notable members

• Prime ministersBoris StürmerandAlexander Trepov
• Minister of InteriorVyacheslav von Plehve
• Statesmen:Vladimir Purishkevich,Nikolai Zajączkowski
• Army generals:N. Peshkov, N. Belyavsky,К. И. Величко,P. Mitropolski
• PublisherS. Voyeikov;editorsP. Bulatzel(newspaper "Russkoye Znamya"), A. Puryshev ( "Vestnik Russkogo Sobraniya" ); journalist S. Bournashev
• Professors and historians:Timofei Butkevich,Platon Kulakovskiy,Boris Nikolskiy, V.Pogozhev.

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