The Biased Position of Soviet and Modern Historians on the Priests’ Participation in the Black Hundred Movement Using the Example of the Obsharovka Events of October 27–29, 1905

This article focuses on the events that took place in the village of Obsharovka of Samara county, Samara province in October 1905. These events are of interest to us because, firstly, at that time they caused a wide public response. Secondly, they were included in a number of works by historians of the Soviet period as a vivid example of the priests’ participation in the Black Hundred movement which led the suppression of a peaceful revolutionary demonstration. In our opinion, these events despite the extensive archival materials have been highlighted by Soviet historians in a completely biased way. Nevertheless, modern historians rest on these corrupted interpretations as reliable historiographical materials. This article uses well-preserved archival materials of the investigation of these events by the provincial commission to restore the picture of what happened in the most detailed way.