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Contemporary Russian nationalism in the historical struggle between ‘official nationality’ and ‘popular sovereignty’
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Pain E. A.
This chapter focuses on the dynamics of the historical role and ideational content of Russian nationalism from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. It discusses the under-studied question of the mutual relationship between two manifestations of Russian nationalism: state nationalism and grassroots nationalism. The latter variety has appeared in Russia as a carrier of ideas of civic and popular sovereignty, drawing on the ideologues of the French Revolution. I argue that, throughout history, Russian state authori- ties have attempted to neutralise civic nationalism by substituting it with something ostensibly similar but actually very different: a paternalistic idea of ‘official nationality’ in the form of ‘imperial nationalism’.
This political technology has been employed repeatedly in Russian history, as seen also during the recent events since 2014. On the other hand, although grassroots Russian nationalism has always had a primarily anti-liberal tendency, this has come to the fore only when a political liberalisation could be observed – dur- ing the liberal ‘thaws’. When periods of authoritarian reaction returned, Russian nationalism as a societal phenomenon faded away, squeezed out by the ideology of the state.
Долгина О. Е., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология 2025 Т. 19 № 1 С. 44–55
The Izborsky Club positions itself as a "synthesis of Russian statists <...> from socialists and Soviet pa-triots to monarchists and Orthodox conservatives" and aims to unite representatives from diverse statist nationalist movements. The internal heterogeneity of Russian nationalism presents a challenge to the Izborsky Club's goal of developing a "new tradition", which involves constructing a ...
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Рябов О. В., Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity 2020 No. 4 P. 752–767
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Kuziner I., Ab imperio 2024 No. 1 P. 63–96
This article studies the rise and fall of the Red Death legend as a modern media phenomenon during the last decades of the Russian Empire. From the very beginning, Nikonian anti-sectarian propaganda accused Russian Old Believers of fanatically inhumane practices, which translated into the urban legends of human sacrifices practiced by some heterodox religious communities. ...
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Vdovin A., Russian Review 2024 Vol. 83 No. 1 P. 108–125
This article explores the issue of Russian imperial nationalism in the early phase of its formation, namely the nationalization of patriotism in literature during the Crimean War, 1853–56. Using historical studies and theories of nationalism, the author shows how and why an acute discourse of a nationalistic experience of community uniting the elite with the ...
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Kusimova T., , in: The Ambivalence of Power in the Twenty-First Century Economy: Cases from Russia and beyond.: L.: UCL Press, 2022. P. 280–299.
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Суханов К. А., Образование и право 2022 № 3 С. 83–88
The article deals with the implementation of the right to ethnic self-identification (nationality) in the context of Russian legislation and the legitimacy of its consolidation in documents proving the identity of a citizen. The novelties of the legislation on the registration of persons belonging to indigenous peoples are analyzed, as well as the expediency of ...
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National Identity and the Perception of Geographical Space in Contemporary Russian Political Thought
Pizzolo P., Quarta E., Politics. Rivista di Studi Politici (Италия) 2020 Vol. 1 No. 13 P. 129–148
This paper investigates the evolution of the concept of Russian identity in relation to the geographical and cultural features of Russian political thought. It observes the liaison between Russian national identity and the concept of Russian-Eurasian space. Despite the regime changes of the last century, it is argued, Russia has often perceived itself as a ...
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Vasilenko Y. V., Zerolo Durán A., , in: Nuevos retos para la democracia liberal. Nacionalismos y populismos en Europa.: Valencia: CEU Universidad San Pablo, 2021. Ch. 5 P. 153–189.
The imperial idea has deep roots in Russia. Since the XVI century, the Russian state as the "third Rome" and the direct heir of Byzantium expanded in three directions: to the West during defensive wars against the Poles, Swedes, French and Germans; to the South due to victories in offensive wars against the Turks with access ...
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Pain E. A., Общественные науки и современность 2015 № 2 С. 54–71
The author responds to fundamental theoretical problem about the reasons for the reproduction of some imperial characteristics in the politics of post-Soviet Russia and proposes his theoretical construct – ‘imperial syndrome’. The bulk of the article addresses the specific characteristics of the evolution of the idea of the nation and nationalism in Russia. It attempts ...
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Glushkov A., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: История 2012 № 3 С. 180–183
The article reviews the book of the American historian E. Lohr "Nationalizing the Russian Empire: The Campaign against Enemy Aliens during World War I". ...
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Glushkov A., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: История 2012 № 18 С. 271–277
In spite of the evident progress in the study of Russian conservatism in the beginning of XXth century, which was achieved during the last 20 years, ideology and political activity and the role of the forward-looking nationalists in the activity of Progressive block did not become the object of detailed research. During the long period ...
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Glushkov A., Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: История 2011 № 3 С. 16–19
The article analyzes domestic and foreign historiography of the "progressive nationalists" (progressivnie natsionalisty), who united Russian conservative elements in the Progressive block of Russian State Duma. ...
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Glushkov A., Revolutionary Russia 2019 Vol. 32 No. 1 P. 186–187
The 100th anniversary of Russian revolution stimulated a new wave of reflections about the significance of the events, which took place a century ago, for Russia, Europe and the whole world. In search of new forms of expression of their points of view on the reasons and consequences of the year 1917 contemporary authors ...
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Sunderland W., Journal of Modern History 2016 Vol. 88 No. 2 P. 485–487
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Gusejnov G., The Russian Journal of Communication 2018 Vol. 10 No. 1 P. 1–8
Since the late 1980s, we witnessed vigorous attempts to bury the Soviet intelligentsia along with Soviet literature. Some efforts along these lines were truly inspired (Anninsky, 1992Anninsky, L. (1992). The suppression of the intelligentsia. Will it persist till 2000? [Vytesnenia intelligentsia. Will it persists till 2000?]. Ogonek, № 29-30, pp. 28–29. [Google Scholar]; Yampolsky, 1991Yampolsky, M. (1991). Rape by confession [Iznasilovanny pokaianiem]. Literaturnoe obozrenie, 8, 89–96. [Google Scholar]). And ...
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Ponarin E., Komin M., , in: Russia Before and After Crimea.: Edinburgh University Press, 2018. P. 50–67.
New drivers of Russian nationalism appeared in the 1990s, making possible either – as a reaction to globalisation – a return to an imperial nationalism, or – in response to ethnic conflict – a rise in ethnic nationalism. This chapter analyses the changing balance of elite and mass preferences and their influence on the choices ...
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Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
This book emanates from the research project ‘Nation-building, nationalism and the new “other” in today’s Russia’ (NEORUSS) funded by the Research Council of Norway under the Russia and the High North/Arctic (NORRUSS) programme, project number 220599. It is a sequel to The New Russian Nationalism: Imperialism, Ethnicity and Authoritarianism, 2000–15 (2016), edited by Pål Kolstø ...
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The Russian elite's imperial nationalism and the Russian society: The emergence of a grand consensus
Ponarin E., Komin M., Sociology Compass 2018 Vol. 12 No. 12 P. 1–16
This article uses various Russian elite and mass survey data to explain, from a post‐structuralist perspective, the ongoing confrontation between Russia and the West. It argues that the Russian elite, in the wake of the 2013–2014 Ukrainian crisis, opted for imperial nationalism, different from either ethnic or civic varieties of nationalism, because it best suited ...
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Semyonov A., Smith J., Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 2017 Vol. 17 No. 3 P. 369–380
The article reassesses some of the recent historiographic developments in studies of the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Russian Empire. In particular, it focusses on the role of nationalist politics in late Imperial Russia, in 1917, and in early Soviet politics. It also considers the end of the Russian Empire within the context ...
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Понизовский В. А., Berry J. W., Общественные науки и современность 2017 Т. 3 С. 120–131
Multicultural policy is one of the few theory-based approaches to managing ethno-cultural diversity. However, Russian scientific community expresses doubts about the feasibility of the policy for Russia. Such doubts arise from the difficulties in integration of migrants in Europe and support for assimilation policies among the Russian public. The goals of this article are to ...
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Maiofis M., Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 2016 Т. 17 № 1 С. 27–67
The ideology of Russian nationalism within the USSR and its development, together with the movements that gave rise to it, appear to have been studied fairly thoroughly. Research began with Mikhail Agurskii’s classic Ideology of National Bolshevism and has been advanced by Andreas Umland, David Brandenberger, Yitzhak Brudny, Nikolai Mitrokhin, Marlène Laruelle, Viktor Shnirel´man, and others. Two aspects ...
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Mikhailovsky A., Eurozine 2016
In the 1970s and early 1980s a movement of Russian nationalists, the so called “Russkaya Partiya”, claimed to reshape the internationalist USSR in a Russian-patriotic spirit. The article deals with the reception of this movement in the intellectual circles of the late Soviet Union and discusses its impact on public opinion as well as the ...
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Rotmistrov A., , in: Social Science Research Network (SSRN).: Rostock: Elsevier, 2015. P. 1–13.
the events in Ukraine in 2013-2014 attracted the Russian society’s attention and affected the Russian political agenda. One of the most affected sectors of the Russian domestic policy was Russian nationalist organizations. The issue of radical nationalism has become essential for European countries and for Russia in particular. But this object is rather difficult to ...
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Pain E. A., , in: The New Russian Nationalism. Imperalism, ethnicity and authoritarianism 2000-15.: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016. P. 46–74.
How to explain the continued presence of the imperial legacy in the political life of Russia, and its impact on Russian nation- alism? This has been a focus of my research for more than a decade (Pain 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012). The combination of Russian nationalism and imperial consciousness is conducive to the development of ...
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