This movement appeared when many nations, conquered by the empire, began the era of their revival and were already publicly striving for independence. Russia could hold them back only by brute force. The functions of the Black Hundreds units consisted of intimidation, murder and expulsion of representatives of the national movements of rebellious nations. The same function is today assigned to similar Nazi organizations like the “Russian Community” and the like. Since the Black Hundreds of the past failed, modern Russia created not just one but several similar projects all at once.
One of the main ideas that the Black Hundreds promoted, and that the Russians are promoting today, is the priority development of Russians compared to the surrounding peoples in Russia. This means that conditions of racial and national segregation should be created for indigenous peoples, where they would have many times fewer rights than Russians. As in the case of the “Russian Community”, the Black Hundreds at first publicly fought only against “migrants” – at that time, Jews and Gypsies were considered as such. Then they switched to open oppression of indigenous peoples, who were their main and original target.
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