British Humanitarian Activity In Russia, 1890-1923
by Luke Kelly /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book analyses the efforts of British civil society to help a
Russia seen to be struggling between 1890 and the 1920s. Luke
Kelly seeks to show why churches, pressure groups, charities,
politicians and journalists came to promote religious and
political liberty and to relieve the victims of famines in
late-tsarist and early communist Russia. By focusing on the roles
of Christian, Jewish and liberal interests in deploying
humanitarian solutions, Kelly shows how humanitarianism developed
‘from below’, while also examining the growth of a broader
humanitarian discourse in the context of the Anglo-Russian
relationship.
This book analyses the efforts of British civil society to help a
Russia seen to be struggling between 1890 and the 1920s. Luke
Kelly seeks to show why churches, pressure groups, charities,
politicians and journalists came to promote religious and
political liberty and to relieve the victims of famines in
late-tsarist and early communist Russia. By focusing on the roles
of Christian, Jewish and liberal interests in deploying
humanitarian solutions, Kelly shows how humanitarianism developed
‘from below’, while also examining the growth of a broader
humanitarian discourse in the context of the Anglo-Russian
relationship.
