 Arrest of a Propagandist, painting by Ilya Repin | |
| Native name | Хождение в народ |
|---|---|
| Date | 1874 |
| Location |  Russian Empire |
| Type | Mass movement |
| Motive | Populism |
| Participants | Narodnik students |
| Outcome | Movement suppressed, participants arrested |
| Arrests | 717[1] |
| Suspects | 1,611[1] |
| Accused | 525[1] |
Going to the People[a] was a populist movement in the Russian Empire. It was largely inspired by the work of Russian theorists such as Mikhail Bakunin and Pyotr Lavrov, who advocated that groups of dedicated revolutionaries could inspire a mass movement to overthrow the ruling class, especially as it concerned the peasantry.[2] The anarchist Peter Kropotkin called the experience "the mad summer of 1874".[3]
- ^ a b c Yarmolinsky 2014, p. 205.
- ^ Terras 1985, p. 351.
- ^ Yarmolinsky 2014, p. 194.
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