NEO-SLAVOPHILISM AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1905-07: A STUDY IN THE IDEOLOGY OF S. F. SHARAPOV.

In 1900-1904 neo-Slavophiles stood in the forefront of the Liberation movement against the Russian ancien regime, but the revolution of 1905-07 undermined their political position as an 'influential minority' and broke down fundaments of their ideology. This article discusses the reasons behind the Slavophiles' inability to adapt themselves to changing political reality through the example of Sergei Sharapov, a popular journalist and an ideologist of the 'people's monarchy', a theory which failed to reconcile its Messianic principles with parliamentary rule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]