Revolutionary Terror in the Russian Empire: to the History of Political Extremism
The paper provides an overview of the origin and development of political extremism in Russia. Using historiographic analysis the author identifies two stages of this phenomenon. The paper reveals the essence and characteristics of the first and second periods. The author believes that characteristic feature of political extremism in Russia is its incarnation in the activities of the revolutionary terrorists. The paper presents statistical data on terrorist escalation of the revolutionary organizations of both periods.