Sravnitelnaia tablitsa russkikh politicheskikh partii (Opyt sistematizatsii sovremennykh politicheskikh napravlenii) [A Comparative Table of Russian Political Parties (An Attempt to Systematize Contemporary Political Tendencies)]

SPBurg (St. Petersburg): By the Author, 1906. 1906. Very good. First edition; large, folding table - 30 1/2 x 43 3/4; beige stock, printed in blue; several closed cuts to edges of folds; a few punctures at intersecting fold lines; small piece of paper tape to margin of title page (not affecting text); overall in very good condition.A rare first edition of an ambitious endevour, the table was compiled by Lev Aleksandrovich Velikhov (1875 - 1940 [?]) - politician, author, and professor. It was published during the time of the First State Duma, Russia's first elected parliament, which came to be in the summer of 1906, after the Revolution of 1905. It ran for only 73 days, against great opposition and with very little success. In the end, Tsar Nicholas II, unwilling to relinquish the power, sent his army to shut the parliament down. Answering the growing demand for a simpler explanation of the various political parties of the time, Velikhov described 21 of them, including Slavophiles, Tsarists, Anarchists, Socialists-Revolutionaries, the Independent Labor Party, Tolstoyans, etc. He detailed each party's founders and history, their publications, and their standing in regards to religion, education, economics, the government and so on.