Historical Experience of Formation and Institutional Development of Voluntary Movement in Russia (1991 - 2000)

Master's Thesis Topic: Historical Experience of Formation and Institutional Development of Volunteer Movement in Russia (1991 - 2000) The graduate qualification work is dedicated to a new phenomenon that first appeared in Russia in the early 1990s. The structure of the work includes the following parts: an introduction, two chapters, six sections, the conclusion, list of sources and literature and applications. Object of study: a set of sources that reflects the processes of formation and institutional development of the volunteering movement in modern Russia in 1991-2000. The first chapter considers the main reasons for the increased volunteering in Russia in the early 1990s; The second chapter summarizes the international conceptual and organizational approaches that influenced the development of volunteering institutions. Novelty of the paper are as follows: a set of knowledge about volunteering is formed - a new historical phenomenon that is only beginning to be comprehended of as a subject of historical research; volunteerism / volunteer movement is allocated to an independent line of scientific research (outside the framework of charity); the problems of identifying key concepts in the field of volunteering are investigated; the author's approach to the formation of a single language (conceptual apparatus) for use in the professional and scientific community is proposed. The following hypothesis was confirmed: the historical experience of the formation of the volunteer movement is relevant at the present, the legacy of which should be more actively and professionally applied in the development of the volunteer movement at the stage of 2020-2025. In this work we used the experience of the non-profit organization “Moscow Charity House” which is one of the first Russian volunteer development center.  The total amount of pages including applications is 140.