Aleksandr Dubrovin
Encyclopedia
Alexander Ivanovich Dubrovin (1855, Kungur
- 1921? or after 1929) was a Russia
n right wing politician, a leader of the Union of the Russian People
(URP).
in the Russian aristocracy, turning his own movement, the Russian Assembly
, over to the newly formed URP in 1905 when he was appointed head of the new group's directorate. Both anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic he believed in the Zhidomasonstvo (Judeo-Masonic) conspiracy and took the lead in organising the pogroms of the Black Hundreds.
Gaining a popular following amongst the peasants, petite bourgeoisie
and lumpenproletariat
due to his demagogy
, Dubrovin sat in the State Duma of the Russian Empire
despite being a firm believer in absolutism
and before organising a failed boycott
of the Third Duma in 1907. Closely involved in the trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis
, as later described in Bernard Malamud
's novel The Fixer
, Dubrovin himself fell foul of the law when his tendency towards violence saw him indicted for the murder of a fellow Duma member.
Within the URP Dubrovin was the leader of an extreme faction based around the Russkoe znamya newspaper and in 1910 this became the base of his support when the majority faction of the URP fell under Nikolai Markov. With Dubrovin somewhat lacking in charisma and seen as somewhat unbalanced, his faction fell into insignificance.
. He was charged as an organizer of pogrom
s, murders etc. in 1905—1917 when he was the chairman of URP In their entirety these corpus delicti
(components of crime) were qualified under the Criminal Code
Article "the counter-revolutionary activity". No activity after the 1917 has been incriminated to Dubrovin. Thus the assumption of Philip Rees
that Dubrovin was shot in 1918 for his activities against the October Revolution
mismatches archive records in two critical points: date of death and activities imputed to Dubrovin as criminal.
Dubrovin’s files at FSB
archives keep two consecutive death sentences dated and which indicates that at least one time Dubrovin’ applied for amnesty was satisfied. No documental traces of the actual implementation of this sentence were found. Meanwhile the Small Soviet Encyclopedia
published in 1929 showed Dubrovin as still alive by that date.
Kungur
Kungur is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the inflowing of the Iren and Shakhva Rivers into the Sylva River . Kungur was founded in 1663 and granted town status in 1781. It serves as the administrative center of Kungursky District, although it is not...
- 1921? or after 1929) was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n right wing politician, a leader of the Union of the Russian People
Union of the Russian People
The Union of Russian People — a loyalist right-wing nationalist party, the most important among Black-Hundredist monarchist and antisemitic political organizations in the Russian Empire of 1905–1917....
(URP).
Biography
A trained doctor, Dubrovin gave up his practice to concentrate on opposing what he saw as creeping liberalismLiberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
in the Russian aristocracy, turning his own movement, the Russian Assembly
Russian Assembly
Russian Assembly was Russian loyalist right-wing monarchist political group . Founded in Petersburg in October — November 1900, dismissed in 1917.-Leaders:...
, over to the newly formed URP in 1905 when he was appointed head of the new group's directorate. Both anti-Semitic and anti-Masonic he believed in the Zhidomasonstvo (Judeo-Masonic) conspiracy and took the lead in organising the pogroms of the Black Hundreds.
Gaining a popular following amongst the peasants, petite bourgeoisie
Petite bourgeoisie
Petit-bourgeois or petty bourgeois is a term that originally referred to the members of the lower middle social classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
and lumpenproletariat
Lumpenproletariat
Lumpenproletariat, a collective term from Lumpenproletarier , was first defined by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in The German Ideology and later elaborated on in other works by Marx...
due to his demagogy
Demagogy
Demagogy or demagoguery is a strategy for gaining political power by appealing to the prejudices, emotions, fears, vanities and expectations of the public—typically via impassioned rhetoric and propaganda, and often using nationalist, populist or religious themes...
, Dubrovin sat in the State Duma of the Russian Empire
State Duma of the Russian Empire
The State Duma of the Russian Empire was a legislative assembly in the late Russian Empire, which met in the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg. It was convened four times between 1906 and the collapse of the Empire in 1917.-History:...
despite being a firm believer in absolutism
Absolutism (European history)
Absolutism or The Age of Absolutism is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by all other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites...
and before organising a failed boycott
Boycott
A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons...
of the Third Duma in 1907. Closely involved in the trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis
Menahem Mendel Beilis
Menahem Mendel Beilis, 1874 – July 7, 1934, was a Ukrainian Jew accused of ritual murder in Kiev in the Russian Empire in a notorious 1913 trial, known as the "Beilis trial" or "Beilis affair". The process sparked international criticism of the antisemitic policies of the Russian Empire...
, as later described in Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud
Bernard Malamud was an author of novels and short stories. Along with Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, he was one of the great American Jewish authors of the 20th century. His baseball novel, The Natural, was adapted into a 1984 film starring Robert Redford...
's novel The Fixer
The Fixer (Malamud novel)
The Fixer is a 1966 novel by Bernard Malamud inspired by the true story of Menahem Mendel Beilis, an unjustly imprisoned Jew in Tsarist Russia. The notorious "Beilis trial" of 1913 caused an international uproar that forced Russia to back down in the face of world indignation. The Beilis case is...
, Dubrovin himself fell foul of the law when his tendency towards violence saw him indicted for the murder of a fellow Duma member.
Within the URP Dubrovin was the leader of an extreme faction based around the Russkoe znamya newspaper and in 1910 this became the base of his support when the majority faction of the URP fell under Nikolai Markov. With Dubrovin somewhat lacking in charisma and seen as somewhat unbalanced, his faction fell into insignificance.
Death controversy
On Dubrovin was arrested in Moscow by ChekaCheka
Cheka was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. It was created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917, by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by aristocrat-turned-communist Felix Dzerzhinsky...
. He was charged as an organizer of pogrom
Pogrom
A pogrom is a form of violent riot, a mob attack directed against a minority group, and characterized by killings and destruction of their homes and properties, businesses, and religious centres...
s, murders etc. in 1905—1917 when he was the chairman of URP In their entirety these corpus delicti
Corpus delicti
Corpus delicti is a term from Western jurisprudence referring to the principle that a crime must have been proven to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime. For example, a person cannot be tried for larceny unless it can be proven that property has been stolen...
(components of crime) were qualified under the Criminal Code
Criminal Code
A criminal code is a document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law...
Article "the counter-revolutionary activity". No activity after the 1917 has been incriminated to Dubrovin. Thus the assumption of Philip Rees
Philip Rees
Philip Rees is a writer and librarian in charge of acquisitions at the J. B. Morrell Library, University of York. He has written books on fascism and the extreme right.-Works:...
that Dubrovin was shot in 1918 for his activities against the October Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
mismatches archive records in two critical points: date of death and activities imputed to Dubrovin as criminal.
Dubrovin’s files at FSB
FSB
FSB may refer to:in business and economics:* Financial Stability Board, an international group of financial authorities* Swedbank, a retail banking group* Fuqua School of Business, a business school...
archives keep two consecutive death sentences dated and which indicates that at least one time Dubrovin’ applied for amnesty was satisfied. No documental traces of the actual implementation of this sentence were found. Meanwhile the Small Soviet Encyclopedia
Small Soviet Encyclopedia
The Small Soviet Encyclopedia was a general encyclopedia published in the Soviet Union. The encyclopedia was published in three editions:...
published in 1929 showed Dubrovin as still alive by that date.