04747nam 2200709 450 991079893940332120230126214814.01-5017-5807-11-60909-203-110.1515/9781501758072(CKB)3710000000957142(MiAaPQ)EBC4746652(OCoLC)945571386(MdBmJHUP)muse57196(DE-B1597)572343(DE-B1597)9781501758072(Au-PeEL)EBL4746652(CaPaEBR)ebr11307140(OCoLC)1229161301(EXLCZ)99371000000095714220160322h20162016 uy| 0engurcn#||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierUnderground Petersburg radical populism, urban space and the tactics of subversion in reform-era Russia /Christopher ElyDeKalb :Northern Illinois University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (325 pages) illustrationsNIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies0-87580-744-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.St. Petersburg: from space of representation to embattled public sphere -- Nihilism: self-fashioning and subculture in the city -- Underground pioneers -- To the people and back -- City synergy -- Organized troglodytes: building up the underground -- Battleground Petersburg -- The armor of our invisibility: underground terror and the illusion of power.Although the radical populist movement that arose in Russia during the reign of Tsar Alexander II has been well documented, this important study opens with questions that haven't yet been addressed: How did Russian radical populists manage to carry out a three-year campaign of revolutionary violence, killing or wounding scores of people, including top government officials, and eventually taking the life of the tsar himself? And how did this all occur under the noses of the tsar's political police, who deployed vast resources and huge numbers of officials in an exhaustive effort to stop the killing?In Underground Petersburg, Christopher Ely argues that the most powerful weapon of populist terrorism was the revolutionary underground it created. Attempts to convey populist ideals in the public sphere met with resistance at every turn. When methods such as propaganda campaigns and street demonstrations failed, populists created a sophisticated urban underground. Linked to the newly discovered weapon of terrorist violence, this base of operations allowed them to live undetected in the midst of the city, produce their own weaponry, and attempt to ignite an insurrection through violent attacks—putting terrorism on the map as a technique of political rebellion. Accessible to non-specialists, this insightful study reinterprets radical populism, clarifying its crucial place in Russian history and elucidating its contribution to the history of terrorism. Underground Petersburg will appeal to scholars and students of Russia, as well as those interested in terrorism and insurrectionary movements, urban studies, and the sociology of subcultures.  NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studiesSubcultureRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory19th centuryCity and town lifeRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory19th centuryRadicalismRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory19th centuryPopulismRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory19th centuryPublic spacesPolitical aspectsRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory19th centurySubversive activitiesRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory19th centurySaint Petersburg (Russia)Politics and government19th centurySaint Petersburg (Russia)Social conditions19th centuryRussiaHistoryAlexander II, 1855-1881Tsar Alexander II, Russian radical populists, revolutionary violence.SubcultureHistoryCity and town lifeHistoryRadicalismHistoryPopulismHistoryPublic spacesPolitical aspectsHistorySubversive activitiesHistory947/.21081Ely Christopher David1963-1516660MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798939403321Underground Petersburg3753262UNINA