SOCIO-POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THE VITAL ACTIVITY OF THE BELARUSIAN PEASANTRY (MARCH – MAY 1917)

UDC 947.6.«1917»

Ryzhankou Ihar Mikhaylavich – PhD (History), Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, the Department of History of Belarus and Political Science. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: im@belstu.by

DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.52065/2520-6885-2023-275-2-6 (In Belаrusian).

Key words: revolution, political modernization, reforms, Provisional Government.

For citation: Ryzhankou I. M. Socio-political organizations and the vital activity of the belarusian peasantry (March – May 1917). Proceedings of BSTU, issue 6, History, Philosophy, 2023, no. 2 (275), pp. 37–40. DOI: 10.52065/2520-6885-2023-275-2-6 (In Belаrusian).

Abstract

The article highlights the activities of the Provisional Government on the political modernization of the state and the vital activity of the Belarusian peasantry. The victory of the February Revolution caused the formation of a new political system of Russian society. An important sign of a democratized state were parties and public organizations, which, by their diversity, large number and mass character, testified to the presence of topical, unresolved problems and the desire of the public to solve urgent issues through democratic institutions. Governmental, socio-political structures started this work in time and have not stopped it throughout their existence. There was a general social need to establish a new system: the elimination of the rudiments of the old system, moral and practical assistance to the Provisional Government and its local bodies, the need to solve state and public problems exacerbated by a long and destructive war, including economic, political, social, national, the presence of an extensive social base of fighters against autocracy. The activation of socio-political life contributed to the improvement of the political education of the villagers, but sometimes led to results not expected for the organizers.

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