Background
Posnikov, Aleksandr was born on December 26, 1846 in Viaz’ma.
Posnikov, Aleksandr was born on December 26, 1846 in Viaz’ma.
Graduated in law from Moscow University, 1869.
Worked abroad, 1873-1876. Professor at Odessa University, 1876-1882. Wrote on the Russian agricultural commune (Obshchinnoe Zemlevladenie),
1875-1878.
Editor of Russkie Vedomosti, 1886-1896. A well-known populist publicist. Opponent of Stolypin’s agricultural reforms.
Member of the Duma, 1912. After the February Revolution 1917, chairman of the Main Land Commission of the Provisional Government. After the October Revolution 1917, taught at the Petrograd Polytechnical Institute.
A liberal narodnik, who saw the way forward in agriculture in the obshchina as against the individual farm. Theorist of the cooperative movement.
Religions convince people that the source of their misery lies in the inherent and unchangeable "sinfulness" of humanity rather than in the forms of social organization and institutions.
Peaceful coexistence among Soviet and Western block is a continuation of the class struggle between the socialist and capitalist worlds, but not based on armed conflict. The conflict is mainly economical.