The Agrarian Question in the Program of the Cadet Party in 1905-1907

The presented study is devoted to the dynamics of the content of the agrarian program of the Cadet Party in the period 1905-1907. The research methodology is formed to account for the synthesis of elements of the observed, structural and descriptive analysis. The basis of the basic work includes unpublished files and production documents of the Cadet Party, revealing the topics of internal discussions on the agrarian question. The author concludes that during the observed period, the agrarian program of the Cadets as a whole has undergone few changes, but the ways and possibilities of its changes have caused active discussions within the party. The reason for the fierce disputes was primarily the basic contradiction of the agrarian project of the Cadets. Initially, it was built around the idea of achieving a balance of interests between peasants and large landowners. In the end, however, this proved unattractive to the peasants and aroused a sensitivity of dislike towards the majority of the inhabitants. Under the circumstances, the party radicalizes its approach to solving the agrarian question and enlists the support of the majority of the peasants. However, there were moderates within the party opposed to this. In the end, the leaders of the Cadets refused to resolve this issue in any way, thereby "freezing" the problem of radiation prevention of a split within the party. In most cases, the Cadets limited themselves to the specific presence of the program. As a result, the party actually lost its side of expanding support both from the moderate liberals (who were impressed by the Octobrists) and from the broad masses of the peasantry, which led to a fall in its assessment among the bulk of the population in the future. The Cadets were forced to secure for themselves the image of the "party of an educated minority". In the long term, the rejection of the long-term development of the agrarian program led to the political defeat of the Cadets already in the course of the events of 1917, since the "Milyukovites" and their allies could no longer offer the soldiers' mass initiative for their subject of bargaining as part of the pursuit of the thesis of war "to a victorious end". At the same time, it is necessary to urge that during the period of the revolution of 1905-1907. The party had the potential to increase support for its agrarian program among all sections of the peasantry. It should be especially noted that, at the same time, the implementation of the agrarian program of the Cadets could exacerbate ethnic strife in some of the ethnic outskirts of the empire.