Black Hundreds

The Black Hundred (Russian: Чёрная сотня, romanized: Chyornaya sotnya), also known as the black-hundredists (Russian: черносотенцы; chernosotentsy), were a reactionary, monarchist and ultra-nationalist movement in Russia in the early 20th century. It was a staunch supporter of the House of Romanov and opposed any retreat from the autocracy of the reigning monarch.^[1] The name arose from the medieval concept of "black", or common (non-noble) people, organized into militias.^[2]

The Black Hundreds were noted for extremism and incitement to pogroms, nationalistic Russocentric doctrines, and different xenophobic beliefs, including anti-Ukrainian sentiment^[3] and anti-semitism.^[4]

The ideology of the movement is based on a slogan formulated by Count Sergey Uvarov, "Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality".^[5]

^ Norman Cohn. Warrant for Genocide. pp. 61, 73, 89, 120–2, 134, 139, 251.
^ "Black Hundred". languagehat.com. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
^ Peter J. Potichnyj (1992). Ukraine and Russia in Their Historical Encounter. University of Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press. pp. 576, 582, 665.
^ David Vital (1999). A People Apart: The Jews in Europe, 1789–1939. Oxford University Press. pp. 140, 141.
^ Black Hundreds at the Encyclopædia Britannica

[1] Norman Cohn. Warrant for Genocide. pp. 61, 73, 89, 120–2, 134, 139, 251.

[2] "Black Hundred". languagehat.com. Retrieved 2024-03-06.

[3] Peter J. Potichnyj (1992). Ukraine and Russia in Their Historical Encounter. University of Alberta, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press. pp. 576, 582, 665.

[4] David Vital (1999). A People Apart: The Jews in Europe, 1789–1939. Oxford University Press. pp. 140, 141.

[:0-5] Black Hundreds at the Encyclopædia Britannica

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