KIEV CLUB OF RUSSIAN NATIONALISTS (1908-1919)

The Club of Russian Nationalists of Kyiv was created in 1908 after the revolutionary events of 1905-1907. It was a non-partisan, moderate-right organization, the purpose of which was to unite nationally-minded Russian people to oppose revolutionary, Polish, Ukrainophile ideas and to spread the notions of patriotism, national self-awareness, identifying the needs of the region's population and satisfying them by legal means. The Kiev Club promoted a dual mission: “to awaken national sensitivity in the Russian people and deepen their national consciousness” and to ensure “the dominance of the Russian people in the state order.” After the Bolsheviks occupied Kyiv, some club’s members were identified by the Chekists and shot between May 15 and 25, 1919.