Mladorossi
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The Union of Mladorossi (Russian: Союз Младороссов, Soyuz Mladorossov) was a political group of Russian émigré monarchists (mostly living in Europe) who advocated a hybrid of Russian monarchy and the Soviet system, best evidenced by their motto "Tsar and the Soviets".
The organization started in 1923, as the "Union of Young Russia" (in Russian: Союз Молодой России, Soyuz Molodoi Rossii) in Munich, changing its name to the Union of Mladorossi in 1925.
Early years
The Mladorossi (Russian: Младороссы, IPA:
Similar groups
Several émigré movements with a similar ideology evolved at around the same time, notably the
Ideology
The Mladorossi organization had a
In 1933 Kazembek attended a conference in Berlin where he signed a cooperation pact with Anastasy Vonsiatsky's All-Russian Fascist Organisation and Pavel Bermondt-Avalov's Russian National Socialist Movement, this was motivated by the Nazi Party's anti-communist stance however when this evolved into anti-Russian sentiment the Mladorossi denounced Nazism with its general secretary, Kirill Elita-Vilchkovsky, referring to the ideology as "Satanic fascism".[4]
The Mladorossi were also monarchist oriented. They recognized Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia as the legitimate heir of the Russian throne and the latter became supportive of the organization.
William Seabrook noted that while Mladorossi were Tsarist, they seemed almost "Red" to conservative Russians because of their leftist views.[5]
Collapse
In the 1930s, the Mladorossi adopted an increasingly open pro-Soviet position, claiming that they were to become the "second Soviet party". While still declaring
The founder of the Mladorossi,
At the start of World War II, many Mladorossi volunteered to join the French Resistance. After the war ended, the organisation dissolved and was no longer heard of.
See also
- Carlist Party
- Inner Line
- National Alliance of Russian Solidarists
- Russian All-Military Union
- Serbian Radical Party
- White émigré
References
- ^ Алексеев И. Е. (2009). На страже Империи.
- ^ "Младороссы. Драма эмигрантского движения в девяти главах". 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Великий князь в борьбе за это. Извилистые комбинации убийцы Распутина". Archived from the original on 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "Младороссы. Драма эмигрантского движения в девяти главах". 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Americans All - A Human Study of America's Citizens from Europe. P. 84, William Seabrook
- (1994) The Mission of the Russian Emigration, M.V. Nazarov. Moscow: Rodnik. ISBN 5-86231-172-6