FUNCTIONS OF OFFICIAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN RUSSIAN BRANCH OF RUSSIAN MONARCHISM (1895 – 1914)

Abstract

The contemporary conceptual vision of the institutionalization of the Russian monarchism in the northwest province of the Russian Empire in the late 19th – early 20th century is argued. The functions of the orthodox church and social organizations in the development of the monarchist movement are defined. The formation of the Western Russian branch of Russian monarchism is grounded. The monarchist organizations differentiation on political, social and Russian Orthodox Christian monarchism in areas of public life is covered. The split of monarchist movement on aristocratic and people-peasant areas according to the social and class feature is shown. Trends of perpetual monarchical radicalization and integration of radical right-wingers in the social system of the Northwestern land are revealed, which is the element of public supersystem of the Russian Empire.