Crisis in the Views of Russian Anarchists and Peter Kropotkin after His Return from Emigration to Russia (1917–1921) Cover Image

Кризис во взглядах российских анархистов и Петра Кропоткина после его возвращения из эмиграции в Россию (1917–1921)
Crisis in the Views of Russian Anarchists and Peter Kropotkin after His Return from Emigration to Russia (1917–1921)

Author(s): Sergey Saytanov
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Peter Kropotkin; anarchists; crisis; criticism; war; federalism; self-government; morality; political testament; anarcho-reformism

Summary/Abstract: Upon the return of Peter Kropotkin from emigration to revolutionary Russia, great changes took place in his socio-political views. They were reflected in the change in assessments and interpretations of many provisions of Kropotkin’s anarchist theory. This applies to basic provisions, such as the attitude to the state and war, to federalism and self-government in the state, and to the Bolshevik revolution. Kropotkin’s support for a democratic federal republic as a transitional stage on the way to the formation of an anarchic social structure is viewed by the author as Kropotkin’s anarcho-reformist views. These changes were not understood among Russian anarchists in 1917–1921.

  • Issue Year: XXXI/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 141-148
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English, Russian