"Give us autocracy!"

On October 5, 2005, Yegor Kholmogorov's article "Autocracy" appeared on the website of the Political News Agency. It is clear from the title that the author analyzes "autocracy" as one of the principles of the "Uvarov triad".

Autocracy (the author considers the Uvarov triad "the most accurate and aphoristic formulation of Russian nationalism" ) was not lucky: Orthodoxy and nationality are still "the most powerful factor in our life" , and autocracy, tied to tsarism, has turned into an "antiquarian idea" .

Meanwhile, the concept of autocracy, E. Kholmogorov believes, is not at all identical with monarchy, " "it is not reduced to it, and the historical Russian monarchy is a form of exercising autocratic supreme power, and not vice versa .

Analyzing the content of the concept, the author gives the following definition: "Autocracy is conceived in the Russian political concept ... as the idea of ​​a completely independent, "autochthonous" origin of Russian statehood, which is not connected ... with any external world system, cannot accept any instructions and has no obligations to her . The internal political system is not bound by principles external to it, such as the principles of aristocratic law, "but manifests itself as law, judgment and mercy according to the commandments of God . " Thus, "Russian autocratic statehood is relied upon not by a constitution, ... but by a fact, by the very existence of its existence, by "holding"" .

However, according to E. Kholmogorov, Russian autocracy is not limited to the concept of sovereignty: "Autocracy is the historically established and wealthy statehood of Russia . " Autocracy in Russia is more than independence and more than a monarchy, "it is Russian statehood itself in its historical implementation, in the fullness of its tradition and its manifold influence on the entire people's life . "

Monarchy is a private, most complete, form of implementation of the Russian autocracy. And "monarchy ... as an eschatological perspective of Russian statehood" is quite possible .

A nation is not a quantitative, but a qualitative unity, continues E. Kholmogorov: “It is not subject to “democratic” dispersal according to the “one person, one vote” principle. On the contrary, it is subject to qualitative concentration in specific social forces and corporations, such as the Church, army, responsible and competent bureaucracy, professional corporations, communities of knowledgeable people... Only such a high-quality political nation can be a real political subject exercising autocracy . "

Russia needs some form of "combined" state system, revered by the Romans, the author writes: "In the absence of autocratic and historical monarchical power, only such compensation of the monarchy by the nation can preserve the main thing in Russian statehood - its autocratic character" .

"Give autocracy!" - that, according to E. Kholmogorov, is the slogan of the current moment.

Sources

• Kholmogorov E. Autocracy // APN. RU. 2005. October 5.