1st Edition
The Fall of an Empire, the Birth of a Nation National Identities in Russia
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2000: A collection of articles by Russian and Western experts on nationalism. The objective of the work is to give an overview of the new Russian identity-building and of the historical continuities that lie behind this ongoing process. The main theme is the shift from empire and imperial consciousness, characteristic both of the imperial Russia and the... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Origin and Power: Russian National Myths and the Legitimation of Social Order; 3: Orthodox Identity at Russian Holy Places; 4: In Quest of Values: Religion and Nationality in the Early Soviet Period; 5: Nationalism and Internationalism: How did the Bolsheviks Cope with National Sentiments?; 6: Ethnicity and Nationalism in Contemporary Russian Ethnography; 7: Russia in the 1990s: Manifestations of a Conservative Backlash Philosophy; 8: The Problem of Identities in the Baltic Countries; 9: The Fall of an Empire, the Birth of a Nation: Perceptions of the New Russian National Identity; 10: Russia’s Minorities and the Soviet Legacy
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Chris Chulos, Timo Piirainen
