Poremskii, Vladimir Dmitrievich

Problemy natsionalnoi revoliutsii [Problems of the National Revolution]

Frankfurt: Posev, 1952. Item #1395

103 pages. 21 cm. In original typographic publisher’s wrappers. Very Good. Light toning and creases to wrappers, minimal edgewear with some notations in blue pen.

First edition of this ideological treatise by Vladimir Dmitrievich Poremskii (b. 1905), an influential émigré political thinker and longtime chairman of the National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (Natsionalʹno-Trudovoĭ Soiuz – NTS), which he led from 1955 to 1972. Written during the early Cold War period, this work outlines and defends the theoretical foundations of the so-called “Molecular Theory of Revolution,” a central doctrine in NTS strategy advocating gradual, decentralized anti-Soviet resistance through ideological infiltration and underground organization. The book was explicitly banned in the Soviet Union, reflecting its status as a subversive and dangerous document in the eyes of the regime.

In addition to Poremskii’s core essays, the volume includes recorded interventions from prominent émigré figures responding to his programmatic proposals, among them I.I. Barits, G.F. Arnold, L.M. Vasilev, A.N. Artemov, K.F. Gromov, R.N. Redlikh, N.I. Osipov, and G.I. Vraga. These debates provide a rare window into the intellectual ferment and ideological diversity within postwar Russian émigré anti-communist circles.

Price: $200.00