Download or read book Obshchestvennost’ and Civic Agency in Late Imperial and Soviet Russia written by Yasuhiro Matsui and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In modernizing Russia, obshchestvennost', an indigenous Russian word, began functioning as a term to illuminate newly emerging active parts of society and their public identities. This volume approaches various phenomena associated with the term throughout the revolution, examining it in the context of the press, public opinion, and activists.