Viktor Chernov
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Russian politician (1873–1952)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Position abolished
- Prime minister
- Georgy Lvov , Alexander Kerensky
- Constituency
- Tambov
- Born
- ( 1873-12-07 ) 7 December 1873, Kamyshin , Russia
- Died
- 15 April 1952 (1952-04-15) (aged 78), New York City, U.S.
- Party
- People's Rights Party (1893–1894) Socialist Revolutionary Party (1902–1940)
- Spouse
- Anastasia Sletova
- Alma mater
- Imperial Moscow University
- Occupation
- Revolutionary Politician Philosopher
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Viktor
- Family name
- Chernov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Khvalynsk
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- revolutionary
- Educated at
- Tartu Governorate Gymnasium
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Chernov.jpg
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- Commons category
- Viktor Chernov
- date of birth
- 1873-11-25
- date of death
- 1952-04-15
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- archives at
- International Institute of Social History
- name in native language
- Виктор Чернов
- writing language
- Russian
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Encyclopedic overview
Viktor Mikhailovich Chernov (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Чернов; 19 November 1873 – 15 April 1952) was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and theorist who was a principal founder and leader of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR). As the party's chief ideologist, he developed the theory of "constructive socialism", which combined elements of Russian populism and Marxism, advocating for a two-stage revolution leading to an agrarian socialist society.
Born in Saratov Governorate to a minor noble and former serf, Chernov became involved in revolutionary circles in his youth. He was instrumental in uniting disparate populist groups to form the PSR in the early 1900s. Chernov's political thought emphasized an alliance between the urban proletariat and the peasantry, with the former as a vanguard, and critiqued orthodox Marxist interpretations of class by including all "toilers" as part of the revolutionary force. He championed land socialization—the transfer of land to communal control for egalitarian use—as a core tenet of the PSR's program.
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