THE CASE OF MENDEL BEILIS AND THE POSITION OF VASILY SHULGIN
Journal: ВЕСТНИК Брянского государственного университета
Year: 2022

The subject of the presented work is the paradoxical position of V.V. Shulgin (1878-1976), a Russian politician of the first third of the XX century, in the odious "Beilis case". In this story, Mendel Beilis himself became a bargaining chip in the political struggle of defenders of the foundations of traditionalism and monarchy with supporters of liberal and revolutionary views. Having a reputation as a staunch monarchist and anti-Semite, Shulgin unexpectedly stood up for the accused - a Jew by