Russian Fascist Organization

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Russian Fascist Organization (RFO) was the name adopted by a Russian emigre group active in Manchuria before World War II.

The original RFO was formed in 1925 by members of the Law Faculty at Harbin Normal University. Under the leadership of Prof. N.I. Nikiforov, it looked to Italian fascism for inspiration and produced the 'Theses of Russian Fascism' in 1927.[1] The RFO smuggled some propaganda into the Soviet Union, although this was brought to the attention of China who promptly banned the group from publishing such works.[2] In 1931 the RFO absorbed into the newly-founded Russian Fascist Party (RFP).

A separate group, the All-Russian Fascist Organization, was also active under Anastasy Vonsyatsky and was based in Putnam, Connecticut.[3] Although this group co-operated with the RFP for a while they later split to form their own 'Russian National Revolutionary Party' which achieved little success.[4]

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  1. ^ E. Oberländer, The All-Russian Fascist Party, p. 160
  2. ^ Ibid, p. 161
  3. ^ Ibid, p. 163
  4. ^ Ibid, pp. 165-168

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