The image of reformative populism (narodnitchestvo) in the works of Russian pre-revolutionary historians

The article represents the analyses of the term «liberal populism (liberal narodnitchestvo)», which was introduced into practice by Russian historians relating to the moderate wing of the one of the most important Russian socio-political movement of second part of the XIXth century. The prominence is given to the reasons, which had influenced on the prevailing opinion of pre-revolutionary historians about this movement. At the same time the article presents some new approaches to the history of the social and political ideas in Russia