Russian Fascist Organization (RFO) was the name adopted by a

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émigré group active in

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before

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. The RFO was formed in 1925 by members of the law faculty at Harbin Normal University. Under the leadership of N.I. Nikiforov, it looked to

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for inspiration and produced the 'Theses of Russian Fascism' in 1927. The RFO smuggled some propaganda into the

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, although this was brought to the attention of

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who banned the group from publishing such works.Oberlander, p. 161 In 1931 the RFO absorbed into the newly founded Russian Fascist Party (RFP) under the leadership of Konstantin Rodzaevsky.

References

Works cited

*E. Oberländer
'The All-Russian Fascist Party'
''Journal of Contemporary History'', Vol. 1, No. 1. (1966), pp. 158–173

External links

* ''The Russian Fascists: Tragedy and Farce in Exile, 1925–1945'' by John J. Stephan * ''К. В. Родзаевский. Завещание Русского фашиста''. М., ФЭРИ-В, 2001 * ''А.В. Окороков. Фашизм и русская эмиграция (1920–1945 гг.)''. М., Руссаки, 2002 {{Russian nationalism Russian nationalist organizations Politics of the Soviet Union Manchuria Russian Fascist Party Political parties established in 1925 1925 establishments in China Fascist parties Defunct nationalist parties in Russia Defunct far-right parties Far-right political parties in Russia 1931 disestablishments in China Political parties disestablished in 1931