At the turn of the twentieth century, many Russians clung to the traditional belief that "poverty is not a vice" and that personal acts of generosity toward the poor, including beggars, earn spiritual salvation. Here Adele Lindenmeyr explores how this thinking - and opposition to it - shaped the development of private charity and public welfare in Russia from the eighteenth century to World War I.
In recovering a long-forgotten aspect of Russian history, Lindenmeyr offers new insights into major issues debated by historians today: the development of a viable civil society in an autocratic state, the efficacy of central and local government, and Russians' complex reaction to Western ideas. Her book also provides fascinating background to the new flourishing of private charity in post-communist Russia.
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Poverty is not a vice: charity, society, and the state in imperial Russia
1996, Princeton University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-328) and index.
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