The Russian Threat


The Russian Threat is one of the major works of Armenian politician Ruben Darbinyan in the genre of political philosophy. The book was published in 1920 in the First Republic of Armenia and republished in 1991 in newly independent Armenia by the Azat Khosk publishing house.

History

The book was written by the acting Minister of Justice of the First Republic of Armenia Ruben Darbinyan from 9 June to 8 July 1920 under the threat of return of Russia to Transcaucasia, when in April 1920 the Sovietization of Azerbaijan was carried out, followed by the May Uprising in Armenia. The text of the future book was published in Yerevan from 9 June to 8 July 1920 in the Araj Daily entitled as "On the Russian Front ". Subsequently, the articles from the newspaper were collected in a single collection, published in the form of the book.

Contents

The book consists of 12 parts:
  • I. Two fronts
  • II. Mongolian and Slavic elements
  • III. Duality and illness of the Russian spirit
  • IV. Nation-denying spirit and perversion
  • V. Theocratic state and non-national mentality
  • VI. Freedom of the person and nationality
  • VII. Language
  • VIII. Socialist psychosis and anti-national tendency
  • IX. National distortion and development of political thought
  • X. Russophilia
  • XI. Russian imperialism and its manifestations
  • XII. Yesterday and Today