The Russian All-People's Union (ROS; russian: Российский общенародный союз; РОС; ''Rossiyskiy obshchenarodnyy soyuz'', ''ROS'') is a
Russian conservative political party formed in October 1991. In 2001, it merged into the
People's Union (russian: Народная Воля, Narodnaya Volya). In 2008, it was reorganized when the Narodnaya Volya dissolved itself. Its leader is
Sergey Baburin.
The organization was founded by
Russian nationalist
Russian nationalism is a form of nationalism that promotes Russian cultural identity and unity. Russian nationalism first rose to prominence in the early 19th century, and from its origin in the Russian Empire, to its repression during early ...
-oriented members of the Russian Platform of the
CPSU
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
, and was launched on 26 October 1991 by
Russian Supreme Soviet deputies of the faction ''Rossiya''. According to Nikolai Pavlov, one of the ROS leaders, the party was established as a "patriotic and democratic" force with the aim of uniting parties of
socialist
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...
orientation. Pavlov also stated that they had similar positions with more
centrist
Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to Left-w ...
organizations like the Cadet Party of
Mikhail Astafyev, Viktor Aksiuchits'
Christian Democratic Party of Russia
The Christian Democratic Party of Russia (russian: Российская Христианско-Демократическая партия) was a Christian Democratic political party in the Russian Federation. It was founded in May 1990.
It mainta ...
, and the
Democratic Party of Russia
The Democratic Party of Russia or DPR (russian: link=no, Демократическая Партия России, ''Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii'') is a conservative Russian political party that was founded in 1990. Under the leadership ...
; one of the ROS member organizations in 1992 was the Russian Party of Communists, which was led by A. Kryuchkov. The ROS was part of the United Opposition and later
National Salvation Front, belonging to the FNS right-wing faction. Besides socialist tendencies, the ROS had connections with traditional Russian nationalists and monarchists, and promoted
pan-Slavist
Pan-Slavism, a movement which crystallized in the mid-19th century, is the political ideology concerned with the advancement of integrity and unity for the Slavic people. Its main impact occurred in the Balkans, where non-Slavic empires had rule ...
policies, including support for
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
's expansion.
The party published newspaper ''Vremya'' (''Time''). The ROS took part in the
1995 Russian legislative election
Legislative election were held in Russia on 17 December 1995. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), the lower house of the F ...
within the bloc
Power to the People!, which was led by Baburin and
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov ( uk, Микола Іванович Рижков; russian: Николай Иванович Рыжков; born 28 September 1929) is a Soviet, and later Russian, politician. He served as the last Chairman of the Coun ...
. It won 1.6% of votes, failing to pass the 5% barrier; the ROS got nine seats, all from
majoritarian
Majoritarianism is a traditional political philosophy or agenda that asserts that a majority (sometimes categorized by religion, language, social class, or some other identifying factor) of the population is entitled to a certain degree of prim ...
districts. The party co-operated with other formations of
nationalist-communist
National communism represents various forms in which Marxism–Leninism and socialism has been adopted and/or implemented by leaders in different countries using aspects of nationalism or national identity to form a policy independent from comm ...
orientation, such as the
Communist Party of Russian Federation
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a ...
, whose candidate
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as M ...
(supported by the ROS) was defeated in the
1996 Russian presidential election by incumbent
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
. In 2001, the ROS joined with three other
nationalist
Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...
parties to form the
People's Union (''Narodnaya Volya''). In 2008, the ROS was reorganized when ''Narodnaya Volya'' dissolved itself.
On 22 December 2017, the ROS nominated
Sergey Baburin as its candidate for the
2018 Russian presidential election. On 24 December, Baburin filed registration documents with the
Central Election Commission (CEC). The CEC rejected Baburin's bid on 25 December because it identified violations in the information provided regarding 18 of his party's 48 representatives. Baburin resubmitted the documents, and they were approved by the CEC.
"ЦИК разрешил Бабурину открыть избирательный счет и начать сбор подписей"
Electoral results
Presidential elections
Legislative elections
See also
* Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
* List of political parties in Russia
This article discusses political parties in Russia.
The Russian Federation has a ''de jure'' multi-party system, however it operates as a near ''de facto'' one-party system. six parties have members in the federal parliament, the State Duma, wit ...
* Paternalistic conservatism
* Pochvennichestvo
''Pochvennichestvo'' (; rus, Почвенничество, p=ˈpot͡ɕvʲɪnnʲɪt͡ɕɪstvə, roughly "return to the native soil", from почва "soil") was a late 19th-century movement in Russia that tied in closely with its contemporary i ...
* Social conservatism
References
External links
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