Лев Тихомиров на фоне его дневника (1912 г.)
Lev Tikhomirov against the background of his diary (1912)

Summary/Abstract: L. A. Tikhomirov (1852—1923) — revolutionary and ideologist of “Narodnaya Volya”, who went through the tsarist prison, later became a monarchist, associate of P. A. Stolypin and editor of the semi-official “Moskovskie vedomosti”, kept a diary for more than 30 years, which is now in the State Archives of the Russian Federation. The article focuses on the diary entries of 1912, which allow not only to reveal the specifics of L. A. Tikhomirov’s views, but also to show a turning point for Russia in its diversity. The author of the diary pays the main attention to the situation around the newspaper headed by him. After the death of P. A. Stolypin, the newspaper and its editor were criticized from various sides. L. A. Tikhomirov was opposed by both the publications of the Black Hundreds (“Russian Banner”, “Zemshchina” etc.) and the liberal press (“Voice of Moscow”, “Vestnik Evropy”). Along with this, the newspaper could lose its main source of income from publishing government announcements, and its subscription was constantly falling. All this, along with the loss of faith in the strength of the autocracy and health problems, gave rise to L. A. Tikhomirov’s desire to leave the post of editor. An additional problem for him was the publication in the newspaper of a series of anti-Rasputin articles in 1910—1912. The religious thinker M. A. Novoselov and the circle of religious thinkers of the Slavophil direction, to which L. A. Tikhomirov belonged, played an active role in defamation of G. Ye. Rasputin on the pages of Moskovskiye Novosti. These articles displeased Nicholas II, who earlier, at the suggestion of P. A. Stolypin, favorably perceived the activities of L. A. Tikhomirov. L. A Tikhomirov also faced a prison sentence for libel (the trial was initiated by his opponents). In addition to addressing political and religious events, the text of the diary contains the author's reflection on his own personality and the fate of Russia, from which he was not distracted even by the 100 th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812.

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