The tsar, the empire, and the nation : dilemmas of nationalization in Russia's western borderlands, 1905-1915
Bibliographic Information
The tsar, the empire, and the nation : dilemmas of nationalization in Russia's western borderlands, 1905-1915
edited by Darius Staliūnas and Yoko Aoshima
（Historical studies in Eastern Europe and Eurasia / series editors Alexei Miller, Alfred Rieber, Marsha Siefert, v. 5）
Central European University Press, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
Contents of Works
- Transformations of imperial nationality policy
- Confessions in the crossfire
- Transformations in education
- The problem of the Russian right
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Transformations of
Imperial Nationality Policy
Anton Kotenko:
Inconsistently Nationalizing State: The Romanov Empire and the Ukrainian
National Movement
Darius Staliunas:
Challenges to Imperial Authorities' Nationality Policy in the Northwest Region,
1905-15
Malte Rolf: What Is the "Russian Cause" and Whom Does It Serve? Russian
Nationalists and Imperial Bureaucracy in the Kingdom of Poland
Confessions in the
Crossfire
Vilma Zaltauskaite:
Interconfessional Rivalry in Lithuania after the Decree on Toleration
Chiho Fukushima: The
Struggle between Confessional and Nationalist Groups for the Chelm-Podlasian
Region: the 1905 Decree on Tolerance and Former Uniates
Transformations in
Education
Yoko Aoshima: Native
Language Education in the Western Border Regions around 1905
Kimitaka Matsuzato:
Politics around Universal Education in Right-bank Ukraine in the Late Tsarist
Period
Jolita Muleviciute: To
Sense an Empire: Russian Education Policy and the Origins of Mass Tourism in
the Northwest Region
Olga Mastianica: The
Formation of Imperial Loyalty in the Education System in the Northwest Region
in 1905-1915
The Problem of the
Russian Right
Vytautas Petronis:
Right-Wing Russian Organizations in the City of Vil'na and the Northwestern
Provinces, 1905-1915
Karsten Bruggemann:
Defending the Empire in the Baltic Provinces: Russian Nationalist Visions in
the Aftermath of the First Russian Revolution
Vladimir Levin: Russian
Jews and the Russian Right: Why There Were no Jewish Right-Wing Politics in the
Late Russian Empire?
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