V.L. BURTSEV AND THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE’S ACTIVITIES IN EMIGRATION

Abstract

The Russian National Committee (RNC) was created in Paris by a group of emigrants. Among them was Vladimir Lvovich Burtsev, one of central figures in the Russian political emigration, the public and revolutionary figure, the publisher of several newspapers and magazines in Russia and abroad. The RNC’s goal was to combine efforts of various political parties in fighingt against Bolshevism, aiming at chanching the power in Russia. Their idea was to bring into power the political forces which could reflect interests of the Russian society in general.