Personal and political networks in 1917: Vladimir Zenzinov and the Socialist Revolutionary Party

Badcock, Sarah

Abstract

This article explores the place of individuals, ideologies and personal and political networks in shaping the larger political landscape in revolutionary Russia. The shape and culture of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (psr) will be at the heart of my anal- ysis of coalition politics. I focus particularly on the personal and political networks surrounding Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov during 1917. This analysis suggests that the shape of coalition politics in 1917 was defined in part by pre-revolutionary social and political networks, and that these to some extent transcended party political affiliations. While the nature of coalition politics necessitated this political fluidity, it is nevertheless worth emphasizing, because the discourse around 1917 is often framed along explicitly party political lines.

Citation

Badcock, S. (2016). Personal and political networks in 1917: Vladimir Zenzinov and the Socialist Revolutionary Party. Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-00900008

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 1, 2016
• Publication Date: Oct 20, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 1, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 21, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography
• Print ISSN: 1947-9956
• Electronic ISSN: 2210-2388
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/22102388-00900008
• Keywords: Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR) ; 1917 ; Provisional Government ; Vladimir Zenzinov ; Revolutionary Russia
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/822360
• Publisher URL: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/22102388-00900008
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• Contract Date: Aug 1, 2016