THE BACKGROUNDS OF RUSSIAN TERRORISM (XIX- BEGINNING OF XX). THE FIRST METHODS OF REBELLION
The purpose of this article is to critically examine the history of terrorism activity in Russia starting from the times of the Russian Empire and till the Red Ter-ror and Great Terror campaigns. The article points out the problem that the most important documentary sources for the "first wave" of Russian terrorism in the 1870s and 1880s are accessible in published form. But there is a sig-nificant body of materials for the "second wave" of such terrorism (the first decade of the twentieth century) that must still be sought in archives. Also the article draws our attention to the pitfalls inherent in the very use of the word "terror," so frequently called upon to describe political movements that differ in significant ways. Also, the article speaks about origin and variation of semantic loading of the word "terror".