Format:
1 Online-Ressource (408 p.)
ISBN:
9789633863640
Series Statement:
Historical Studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Content:
This collection of essays addresses the challenge of modern nationalism to the tsarist Russian Empire. First appearing on the empire’s western periphery this challenge, was most prevalent in twelve provinces extending from Ukrainian lands in the south to the Baltic provinces in the north, as well as to the Kingdom of Poland. At issue is whether the late Russian Empire entered World War I as a multiethnic state with many of its age-old mechanisms run by a multiethnic elite, or as a Russian state predominantly managed by ethnic Russians. The tsarist vision of prioritizing loyalty among all subjects over privileging ethnic Russians and discriminating against non-Russians faced a fundamental problem: as soon as the opportunity presented itself, non-Russians would increase their demands and become increasingly separatist. The authors found that although the imperial government did not really identify with popular Russian nationalism, it sometimes ended up implementing policies promoted by Russian nationalist proponents. Matters addressed include native language education, interconfessional rivalry, the “Jewish question,” the origins of mass tourism in the western provinces, as well as the emergence of Russian nationalist attitudes in the aftermath of the first Russian revolution
Note:
Frontmatter
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Contents
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Introduction
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Part I Transformations of Imperial Nationality Policy
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An Inconsistently Nationalizing State: The Romanov Empire and the Ukrainian National Movement, 1906–1917
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Challenges to Imperial Authorities’ Nationality Policy in the Northwest Region, 1905–15
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What Is the “Russian Cause” and Whom Does It Serve? Russian Nationalists and Imperial Bureaucracy in the Kingdom of Poland
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Part II Confessions in the Crossfire
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Interconfessional Rivalry in Lithuania after the Decree of Tolerance
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The Struggle between Confessional and Nationalist Groups for the Chełm–Podlasian Region: The 1905 Decree of Tolerance and Former Uniates
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Part III Transformations in Education
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Native Language Education in the Western Border Regions around 1905
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Politics around Universal Education in Right-bank Ukraine in the Late Tsarist Period
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To Sense an Empire: Russian Education Policy and the Origins of Mass Tourism in the Northwest Region
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The Formation of Imperial Loyalty in the Education System in the Northwest Region in 1905–1915
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Part IV The Problem of the Russian Right
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Right-Wing Russian Organizations in the City of Vil’na and the Northwestern Provinces, 1905–1915
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Defending the Empire in the Baltic Provinces: Russian Nationalist Visions in the Aftermath of the First Russian Revolution
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Russian Jews and the Russian Right: Why Were There No Jewish Right-Wing Politics in the Late Russian Empire?
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Contributors
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Index
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789633863657
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9789633863657
Language:
English
Keywords:
Russland
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Nationalcharakter
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Nationalismus
;
Imperialismus
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Geschichte 1905-1917
DOI:
10.1515/9789633863640
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