Parkhomenko T. A. Emigration in pre-revolutionary Rrussia: the betrayal of authorities, treason or escape to freedom?

Abstract: The article analyzes the transformation process of emigration from Russia, since the period of the Muscovy until eve of World War I, including its scale, social groups, migrants, education in the world of various Russian diasporas (literary,scientific, religious, national, political) . The author presumes the fact that in the triad of meaning formative concepts (person, society, state), the interests of the state and the emperor were placed as the cornerstone, and that the person in Russia could get the relative freedom of action in three ways: through long service to the state, bribery and emigration.

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