Union of the Russian People

political organization, Russia

Also known as: URP

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The Union of the Russian People (URP) was a reactionary, antirevolutionary, and anti-Semitic political organization formed in Russia around the Russian Revolution of 1905. It was primarily composed of landowners, peasants, bureaucrats, merchants, police officials, and clergymen who supported Orthodoxy, autocracy, and Russian nationalism. The URP was known for its violent raids against revolutionary groups and pogroms against Jews. Vladimir Purishkevich, a prominent politician and right-wing extremist, was a founder of the URP and later formed a splinter group, the Union of the Archangel Michael. The URP was active from 1906 to 1914 and operated with unofficial government approval.12

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Nicholas II
Early life and reign
…an extremist right-wing organization, the Union of the Russian People, which sanctioned terrorist methods and disseminated anti-Semitic propaganda. Witte, whom he blamed for the October Manifesto, was soon dismissed, and the first two Dumas were prematurely dissolved as “insubordinate.”
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…an extremist right-wing organization, the Union of the Russian People, which sanctioned terrorist methods and disseminated anti-Semitic propaganda. Witte, whom he blamed for the October Manifesto, was soon dismissed, and the first two Dumas were prematurely dissolved as “insubordinate.”
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Vladimir Mitrofanovich Purishkevich
…of the founders of the Union of the Russian People (URP), a reactionary group active before the Russian Revolution and noted for its violent attacks against Jews and leftists.
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…of the founders of the Union of the Russian People (URP), a reactionary group active before the Russian Revolution and noted for its violent attacks against Jews and leftists.
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