Nikolai
Sukhanov was born in Moscow in 1882. At high school he
joined a socialist group and later joined the Socialist
Revolutionary Party. He was arrested in 1904 after being caught
in possession of illegal literature. This resulted in a one-year
spell in the Taganka Prison.
Sukhanov
participated in the 1905 Revolution and
published a series of academic books on agricultural economics.
He also contributed to Russkoe Bogatstvo
(Russian Wealth).
In
1910 he was arrested again and exiled to Archangel. Released in
1913 he returned to St. Petersburg and became editor of the radical
journal Sovremennik (Contemporary)
and Letopis (Chronicle).
Nikolai
Sukhanov
1.
Was highly critical of Nicholas
II
and the autocracy.
2.
Wanted Russia to have universal suffrage.
3. Wanted the
Russian government to allow freedom of expression and an end to
political censorship of newspapers and books.
4.
Believed that democracy could only be achieved in Russia by the
violent overthrow of Nicholas
II
and the autocracy.
5.
Was strongly opposed to Russia going to war with Austria-Hungary
and Germany.
6. Believed
that if Russia did go to war with
