Russian Monarchist Union

This article is about the political party active in the Russian Empire. For the current Russian monarchist party, see Monarchist Party.

Russian Monarchist Union Russian: Русский монархический союз
Abbreviation	RMU (РМС)
Founder	Vladimir Gringmut
Founded	May 8, 1905 (1905-05-08)
Dissolved	October 1917 (1917-10)
Headquarters	Moscow, Russian Empire
Newspaper	"The Russian Monarchist" (Русский Монархист)
Membership	10,000
Ideology	Restoration of the Russian monarchy Black-Hundredist Russian conservatism Russian irredentism Anti-Semitism
Political position	Far-right
Religion	Russian Orthodox Church
Colours	Black   Gold   White
Slogan	"God is With Us!" (Съ нами Богъ!)
Party flag

Russian Monarchist Union (Russian: Русский монархический союз, romanized: Russkii Monarkhicheskii Soiuz) was a Russian monarchist right-wing nationalist organisation, founded in February 1905 in Moscow. Until 1907, it was known as the Russian Monarchist Party (Russian: Русская монархическая партия, romanized: Russkaia Monarkhicheskaia Partiia).

The party was founded by Vladimir Gringmut (ru), reactionary editor of the periodical Moscow News (Moskovskiye vedomosti), in February.

It advocated the reestablishment of a powerful autocratic rule, martial law, and suppression of Jews, who they claimed were mainly the instigators of the revolutionary disorders. It also stood for local self-government, public education, freedom of the press, and improving workers' and peasants' conditions. It had the following internal enemies: constitutional democrats, socialists, revolutionaries, anarchists, and the aforementioned Bundists.

Bibliography

• Figes, Orlando (2014). A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891–1924. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 9781847922915.