Yasuhiro Matsui 
Obshchestvennost’ and Civic Agency in Late Imperial and Soviet Russia [PDF ebook] 
Interface between State and Society

In modernizing Russia, obshchestvennost’, an indigenous Russian word, began functioning as a term to illuminate newly emerging active parts of society and their public identities. This volume approaches various phenomena associated with the term throughout the revolution, examining it in the context of the press, public opinion, and activists.

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