L'agitation paysanne en Russie de 1881 à 1902

From 1880 to 1902, in the Central Chernozem and in the New Russia provinces ofImpérial Russia, peasant agitation gained récognition by the forms it took, its dynamism and its results. Although its history has long been ignored, it nevertheless has been a positive one. The perception of their problems, sometimes coming slower depending on individuals and régions, incited the peasants to challenge the décisions of the administration and the efficiency of the state. The government, who gave the peasants the impression that it favored the interests of the big landowners, did not sufficiently measure the workers' movement, threatened the government' s foundations. Similar to the revolt of the Bagaudes, which preceded the décline ofthe Roman Empire, or like the large peasant uprising which put an end to the feudal System, the peasant agitation in Russia was an alarm signal which was to announce the end of the three century old monarchy ofthe Romanoffs