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A. V. Novikov The Ivanovo-Voznesensk citywide  strike of 1905: new study  perspectives

Abstract: The object of this research is the Ivanovo-Voznesensk citywide strike of 1905. At the heart of the study are the questions traditionally overlooked by Soviet historiography: the unfolding mechanism of the conflict, the reasoning behind its participants’ behavior (the workers on the one hand, the enterprise owners and government representatives on the other), the missed opportunity for compromise, the reasons behind the workers’ shift from peaceful demonstrations at the beginning of the strike to violence and robberies at the end, and the nature of the demands put forward by the workers and those made by the ones acting in their name. Drawing on the collected data of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk citywide strike, archival as well as already published, the author conducted a microanalysis (in the genre of a case-study) of the event. The departure from the established tradition in Soviet historiography of not underlining the validity of the workers’ demands, the harshness of the enterprise owners and government representatives, who were aiming to crush the demonstration and were not ready for the negotiation process nor to compromise, and minimizing the leading roles of the leftist groups in the course of the strike, has allowed to understand the real interests and aims of the workers in this conflict. Based on a proposed chronicle of events, the number of participants in the strike has also become more precise.


Keywords:

history of labor conflicts, collective strikes, workers’ delegates, worker demands, meetings, rallies, violence, factory inspections, council of representatives, chronology of the strike.


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