RUDN Journal of Political Science (Mar 2010)
The Time of Troubles in Russia: from the Revolution to the Restoration
Abstract
The article is devoted to the events of the Time of Troubles («Smutnoe Vremia») in Russia. This period is analyzed through the appearance of new democratic forms of social integration and authority legitimation and a birth of proto-civil type of interconnection between state and society. This example gives an opportunity to overcome some existing stereotypes, connected with Russian history and Russian political tradition.