Formation and Evolution of Reformatory Democratism in Russia late 19th - early 20th сenturies

In the article the author analyzes the reformatory democratic thought of Russia as an independent and original phenomenon of spiritual and public life of the country, as the complete, interconnected and developing system integrally combining ideas of democratism, liberalism and reformism. The special attention is paid to factors which have defined process of its crystallization.

democracy, reformism, liberalism, populism, liberally-democratic thought, modernization, constitutionalism, personal freedom, civil society, radicalism