Rodina (political bloc)
"Rodina" (People's Patriotic Union) "Родина" (Народно-патриотический союз) | |
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| Abbreviation | Rodina, NPS |
| Leaders | Sergey Glazyev Dmitry Rogozin Valentin Varennikov |
| State Duma faction leader | Sergey Glazyev (until March 2004) Dmitry Rogozin (since March 2004) |
| Founders | Sergey Glazyev Dmitry Rogozin Sergey Baburin Yury Skokov |
| Founded | 14 September 2003 |
| Dissolved | 5 June 2005 (de facto) |
| Succeeded by | Rodina (political party) |
| Member parties | See Composition |
| Ideology | Russian nationalism Economic socialism Social conservatism Statism |
| Political position | Syncretic |
| Colours | Red Gold |
| State Duma (2003) | 37 / 450 (8%) |
| Website | |
| www.rodina-nps.ru | |
The People's Patriotic Union "Rodina" (lit. 'Motherland'; Russian: Народно-патриотический союз «Родина», romanized: Narodno-patrioticheskiy soyuz «Rodina») was a Russian political bloc that existed from 2003 to 2005, founded by economist Sergey Glazyev. Its three main components were the Party of Russian Regions (renamed Rodina in February 2004), the Party of National Revival "People's Will", and the Socialist United Party of Russia (SEPR). The bloc was described as left-wing patriotic, combining elements of nationalism and socialism, and shifting toward a more radical nationalist direction under the influence of Dmitry Rogozin.
The Rodina bloc has been gradually collapsing since February 2004, when Glazyev was expelled from the PRR and, in March, dismissed as leader of the State Duma faction. In October 2004, the SEPR left, accusing Rogozin of appropriating the Rodina brand. In June 2005, People's Will left the Rogozin-dominated bloc and, together with SEPR, founded a separate State Duma faction, "Rodina (People's Will – SEPR)". Rogozin's Rodina party was headed by Alexander Babakov since March 2006, and merged into A Just Russia in October 2006.