Issue 4 (49)
| THE ASSEMBLY OF THE RUSSIAN NOBILITY AND PUBLIC LIFE MODERNIZATION IN THE PRE-REFORM RUSSIA | |||
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| Year | 2015 | Number | 4(49) |
| Pages | 36-44 | Type | scientific article |
| UDC | 94(470) «18/49» | BBK | 63.3(2)531 |
| Authors | Kupriyanov Alexander I. |
Topic | ACTORS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE MODERNIZATION |
| Summary | The Assembly of the Russian Nobility was one of the largest voluntary organization in the pre-reform Russia. The Assembly, one of the main functions of which was organization of social events for the Moscow nobility, played a decisive role in the transformation of social life character from the mostly private, dominated by kinship and personal acquaintance networks into a public domain, based on belonging to the nobility class and club membership. Equal representation of women, who constituted a majority in the Assembly, was a significant gender breakthrough. Public discussion of issues of the Assembly’s functioning, equal status of its members, their right to put any issue to vote — all this was instrumental in acquiring by the nobility of democratic procedure and decision making skills. As a result of provincial nobility's participation as members and guests of the Assembly, similar functions — parties, concerts, masquerades, discussions, the principles of club life and club space organization were gradually taking root in the provinces and became institutionalized. | ||
| Keywords | Nobility, public sphere, public life, social organization, leisure, culture | ||
| References |
Habermas J. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. The MIT Press. Cambridge (Mass.), 1989. XIX, 301 с. |
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