The Socialist-Revolutionary Party (SRs, or Essaires; Партия социалистов-революционеров (ПСР), эсеры in Russian (русский язык  listen?) is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. Russian belongs to the group of Indo-European languages, and is therefore related to Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin, as well as the modern Germanic, Romance, and Celtic... Russian) were a Russian political party active in the early (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... 20th century.

Their programme was in the Democratic socialism is a political movement propagating the ideals of socialism within the framework of a parliamentary democracy. Thinkers, writers and activists such as Robert Owen, Karl Marx, George Orwell, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb can all be said to have contributed to democratic socialist philosophy. However, popular movements such... democratic socialist mold and garnered much support amongst Russia's rural Categories: 1911 Britannica | Historical stubs | Feudalism ... peasantry who in particular supported their programme of land-socialisation as opposed to the Bolshevik Party Meeting. A Bolshevik (Большеви́к, derived from a Russian word loosely translated as majority) was a member of a faction of Bolsheviks of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP), the Marxist political party led by Vladimir Lenin that seized... Bolshevik programme of land-nationalisation. Their policy platform could be broadly described as left-wing, although more moderate than that of the Bolsheviks. They grew directly out of the Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... populist movement. With the economic spurt in Russia of the 1890s they attempted to broaden their basis of appeal in order to attract the rapidly growing urban workforce to their traditionally peasant orientated programme. The intention was to widen the concept of the 'people' so that it encompassed all those elements in society that had reason for wishing to see the destruction of the Tsarist system.

The The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to three specific events in the history of Imperial Russia. Timeline of The Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a series of riots and anti-government violence against Tsar Nicholas II, leading to the first Russian Constitution and the creation of the... Russian Revolution of February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. It is the shortest Gregorian month and the only month with the length of 28 or 29 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number (eg 2004) is a multiple of four (but... February, 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January-February President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany January 2 - The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 - World War I: President Woodrow... 1917 brought the SRs a more prolific political role, with one of their members Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky ( Russian:Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Ке́ренский) ( April 22, 1881 ( May 2, New Style) - June 11, 1970) was the second prime minister of the... Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky joining the In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism or a state or quality of this ideology. (Note: the words liberal or liberalism can have different meanings in different countries and may also vary with the political background of the user. Therefore, the terms have... liberal government, eventually becoming the head of government.

In 1917 the SRs split between those who supported the The Russian Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd after the deterioration of the Russian Empire and the abdication of the Tsars. When the authority of the tsars government began to fail in March 1917, two rival institutions, the Duma and the Petrograd Soviet, competed for power. As a compromise... Provisional Government, established after the The February Revolution of 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. It occurred largely as a result of dissatisfaction with the way the Tsar was running the country, in particular Russias ongoing involvement... February Revolution, and those who supported the Bolsheviks who favoured a communist revolution. Those who supported revolution became known as In 1917, Russia the Socialist-Revolutionary Party split between those who supported the Provisional Government, established after the February revolution, and those who supported the Bolsheviks who favoured a communist insurrection. The majority stayed within the mainstream party but a minority, who supported the Bolshevik path became known as Left... Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (Left Esers) and in effect split from the main party, which has become known as Right Esers.

The SRs faded after the The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. It was led by Vladimir Lenin and marked the first officially communist revolution of the twentieth century, based upon the ideas... October Revolution brought the Bolsehviks to power although in the The elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly that were organised as a result of events in the Russian Revolution in 1917 were held on November 25, 1917 (although some districts had polling on alternate days). The result was the massive and overwhelming victory of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SRs) ahead... election to the The Russian Constituent Assembly (Всероссийское Учредительное Собрание, Vserossiyskoye Uchreditelnoye Sobranie) was a democratic representative constitutional body envisaged in Russia... Constituent Assembly they proved to be the most popular party across the country, gaining some 40% of the popular vote as opposed to the Bolsheviks 25%. However, the Bolsheviks disbanded the Assembly and thereafter the SRs become of less political significance, although some left-SRs did become part of the government of the The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet Union, although they resigned their positions after the The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk, between Russia and the Central Powers, marking Russias exit from World War I. The treaty was practically obsolete before the end of the year but is significant as a chief... Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed. A few left-SRs joined the For other usage of the initials CPSU see CPSU (disambiguation). The Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тск... Communist Party.

Many SRs fought for the The Green Army, which functioned during the Russian Civil War, had its roots in nonpolitical, anarchist or nationalist movements, and formed a third force in contradistinction both to the Reds and to the Whites. It was sometimes used to refer to the Black Army as well. The war took an... Greens in the The Russian Civil War was fought between 1918 and 1920. Following the success of the Russian Revolution, the new Russian ( Bolshevik) government made peace with Germany at the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ratified on March 6, 1918. This negotiated peace was the only option because the Russian army was in... Russian Civil War alongside The Mensheviks were a faction of the Russian revolutionary movement that emerged in 1903 after a dispute between Vladimir Lenin and Julius Martov, both members of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. At the 2nd Congress of the RSDLP, Lenin argued for a small party of professional revolutionaries with a... Mensheviks and other banned moderate The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. Socialism is a concept, an ideology and a collection of party-based political movements that have evolved and branched over time. Initially, it was based on the organized working class, with the purpose of building a classless... socialist elements. An SR, Fanya Yefimovna Kaplan ( 1883– September 3, 1918), a.k.a. Fanny Kaplan (born Dora Kaplan), was a political revolutionary and an attempted assassin of Vladimir Lenin. Kaplan was born into a Jewish peasant family, one of seven children. She became a political revolutionary at an early age and joined... Fanya Kaplan tried to assassinate Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was... Lenin in response to their proscription. The largest The Tambov Rebellion of 1919–1921 was one the largest peasant rebellions against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. It was led by a former eser, Alexander Antonov, and therefore in Soviet history it was known as the Antonovshchina (Анто́новщ... Tambov Rebellion against Bolsheviks was led by an eser Alexander Stepanovich Antonov (1888-1922) (Алекса́ндр Степа́нович Анто́нов) was the leader of the Tambov Rebellion during the Russian Civil War. He was member of... Alexander Antonov.

External links

• Programme of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (http://www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/srprog.html)
• Party of Socialist Revolutionaries (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSsrp.htm)