Mladorossism: Difference between revisions

The Mladorossi at first were a [[File:Anticom.png]] anti-communist. They argued against the idea of creating a "free Russia" on non-Russian soil, believing strongly that what they called "Soviet-occupied Russia" was the only Russia that could be in existence. The Mladorossi believed that the Soviet government was preserving the Russian state and defending its national interests. They also believed the October revolution would create a new, young Russia. In the 1930s, the Mladorossi adopted an increasingly open pro-Soviet position, claiming that they were to become the second Soviet party. The Mladorossi were labelled as "Soviet patriots" by the White émigrés, and speculation began that the organization was being influenced if not controlled by the Soviet secret police. The founder of the Mladorossi, Alexander Kazembek, was implicated in having ties with the Soviet consulate and the OGPU. In 1937, after being spotted in a café in France speaking to several Soviet diplomats, Kazembek resigned his post. After WW2 he moved to the USA where he would live out the rest of his life. At the start of World War II, many Mladorossi volunteered to join the French Resistance. After the war ended, the organisation dissolved and was no longer heard of.