The hero of the "White business". Sketch for socio - psychological portrait
The author shows the feudal - noble origins of the social psychology of a typical white movement activist. They assumed the identification of the homeland with its own elite class and its interests. In connection with the development of capitalism, this type is outdated, unable to adapt to the challenges of the bourgeois era and to the growing communist, proletarian movement. This pre - determined the ineffectiveness of the white movement opposition to the Bolsheviks. On the other hand, the peculiarities of social stereotypes forced part of the officer elite to support the Bolsheviks. The author points out the significant dangers that idealization and popularization of noble - estate stereotypes in modern Russia creates for the future development of society.