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REVOLUTION Volume 3 BETWEEN TWO REVOLUTIONS BETWEEN TWO REVOLUTIONS Stolypin and the Politics of Renewal in Russia PETER WALDRON First published in 1998 by UCL Press This edition first published in 2022 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1998 Peter Waldron All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-032-12623-4 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-003-26095-0 (Set) (ebk) ISBN: 978-1-032-12845-0 (Volume 3) (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-12846-7 (Volume 3) (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-22644-4 (Volume 3) (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003226444 Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. Between two revolutions Stolypin and the politics of renewal in Russia Peter Waldron University of Sunderland PRESS © Peter Waldron, 1998 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. First published in 1998 by UCL Press UCL Press Limited 1 Gunpowder Square London EC4A 3DE The name of University College London (UCL) is a registered trade mark used by UCL Press with the consent of the owner. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data are available ISBN: 1-85728-641-3 Typeset in Sabon by Acorn Bookwork, Salisbury, UK Printed and bound in Great Britain by Arrowhead Books Ltd, Reading, UK Contents Preface vi Note on conventions and transliteration viii Introduction 1 1 Reform or repression? The dilemma of tsarism 4 2 Renewing Russia: Stolypin's programme 51 3 Institutional failure: the paralysis of parliament 94 4 The mobilization of conservative opinion 115 5 Reform defeated 147 6 Conclusion: between two revolutions 178 Notes 187 Bibliography 205 Index 217 V Preface I am very grateful to the many people who have helped in the writing of this book. My initial work on this period was super- vised by Olga Crisp, and her deep knowledge of imperial Russia, together with her generosity of spirit, have been of enduring value. The annual meetings of the Study Group on the Russian Revolution have provided an ideal forum for debating issues in a comradely atmosphere, and members of the Study Group have both provided specific advice and contributed to my overall think- ing on Russia before 1917. Simon Dixon and Bob McKean very generously took the time to read the entire text and make many comments that have much improved the book. I am also grateful to Jeremy Black, John Burnett, Peter Durrans and Don MacRaild who have been of particular assistance during the writing of the book. Librarians and archivists in Europe and America have assisted in locating and providing material. In Russia, the staff of the Russian State Historical Archive in St Petersburg have been exceptionally helpful on successive visits. I am also grate- ful to the staffs of the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow and of the Russian National Library in St Peters- burg. In Finland, the Slavonic Department of Helsinki Univer- sity Library has provided an ideal environment for summertime research. The staffs of the British Library and the library of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London have always been of the greatest assistance. The interlibrary loan staff of the University of Sunderland have helped locate a mul- titude of obscure materials with efficiency and good humour. In VI America, the staff of the libraries of Harvard University were of great assistance. Clare Crowley has commented on the text in detail. Her contri- bution to the book's completion has been, in this and many other ways, inestimable. vn

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