CEVAP:

Narodnik, (Russian: “Populist”), member of a 19th century socialist movement in Russia who believed
that political propaganda among the peasantry would lead to the awakening of the masses and,
through their influence, to the liberalization of the tsarist regime. Because Russia was a predominantly
agricultural country, the peasants represented the majority of the people (narod): hence the name
of the movement, narodnichestvo, or “populism”.