Revolutionary Democrat

...The split between the two groups became decisive over the Emancipation of the Serfs Edict of 1961, with the former supporting the autocratic government as a reformer within the system, while the latter supporting the radical reformers such as Chernyshevsky and joining the revolutionary movement. Some historians refer to the two groups as Westernists, but in Soviet historiography, the latter are considered to represent the interests of the people and represent a unique school of thought that opposed the Westernists, and they call Belinsky and others "revolutionary democrats." [Imai Yoshio]...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "revolutionary democrats" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…61年の農奴解放令をめぐって両者の分裂は決定的なものとなり，前者は体制内改革派として専制政府を支持し，後者はチェルヌイシェフスキーらの急進的な改革派を支持して，革命的運動に荷担する。両者を西欧主義と総称する史家もあるが，ソビエト史学では，後者を人民の利益を代弁し西欧派と対立する独自の思潮とみなし，ベリンスキーを含めて〈革命的民主主義者〉と呼んでいる。【今井 義夫】。…

※「革命的民主主義者」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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