The Russian Empire as a Multicultural Society: Between Assimilation and Ethno-Religious Segmentation
The article analyzes the policy of the Russian Empire government in relation to various ethno-religious communities in the XVIII – early XX centuries. In that time the official ideology represented the Russian Empire as a monoethnic state, in which there were national minorities, which were numerica...
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ftjtreejt:oai:ojs.journals.uran.ua:article/217140 2024-01-14T10:06:10+01:00 The Russian Empire as a Multicultural Society: Between Assimilation and Ethno-Religious Segmentation Російська імперія як мультикультурний соціум: між асиміляцією та етно-релігійною сегментацією BUREHA, Volodymyr 2020-11-18 application/pdf http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/217140 https://doi.org/10.29357/2521-179X.2020.v18.2.5 ukr ukr Eastern European Institute of Theology (EEIT) http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/217140/217375 http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/217140 doi:10.29357/2521-179X.2020.v18.2.5 Copyright (c) 2020 Володимир БУРЕГА https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology; Vol. 18 No. 2 (2020): THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS: Eastern European Journal of Theology; 90-105 Богословские размышления: Восточноевропейский журнал богословия; Том 18 № 2 (2020): БОГОСЛОВСКИЕ РАЗМЫШЛЕНИЯ: Восточноевропейский журнал богословия; 90-105 Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богослов’я; Том 18 № 2 (2020): БОГОСЛОВСЬКI РОЗДУМИ: Східноєвропейський журнал богослов'я; 90-105 2789-1577 2789-1569 10.29357/2521-179X.2020.v18.2 мультикультуралізм мультикультурне суспільство Російська імперія інородці Multiculturalism Multicultural Society Russian Empire Inorodtsy info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Рецензированная статья Peer-reviewed Article Рецензована стаття 2020 ftjtreejt https://doi.org/10.29357/2521-179X.2020.v18.2.510.29357/2521-179X.2020.v18.2 2023-12-20T08:26:04Z The article analyzes the policy of the Russian Empire government in relation to various ethno-religious communities in the XVIII – early XX centuries. In that time the official ideology represented the Russian Empire as a monoethnic state, in which there were national minorities, which were numerically significantly inferior to the titular nation. The officially titular nation in the Russian Empire was the “Russian people”, which included not only Russians, but also Ukrainians and Belarusians. The prospect of recognizing Ukrainians and Belarusians as separate nations was seen by the government as a threat to the internal strength of the state. Therefore, the development of Ukrainian national culture in the Russian Empire has always been considered in a political context. Hence the severe restrictions on the Ukrainian national movement.Based on the classification of Göran Therborn, the author shows that the Russian Empire was a pre-modern multicultural society. However, the government’s approach to different «inocultural» communities was extremely heterogeneous. The author considers the national and cultural policy of the Russian government in relation to the Grand Duchy of Finland, the Kingdom of Poland, the Baltic provinces, Central Asia, the Caucasus. Particular attention is paid to the status of so-called «Inorodtsy». This category in the Russian Empire included, first of all, the indigenous tribes of Siberia, Chukchi, Kalmyks, Kyrgyz, nomads of Central Asia and the North Caucasus, as well as Jews. The author shows that the strategic goal of the government has always been to form a Russian political nation, ie a multinational and multicultural community that would be loyal to the ruling dynasty and realize itself as a single political entity. Achieving this goal involved providing varying degrees of national-cultural or even political autonomy to different groups of citizens. В статті аналізується політика уряду Російської імперії по відношенню до різних етно-релігійних спільнот у ХVIII – на початку ХХ ст. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Chukchi Siberia Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology |
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The article analyzes the policy of the Russian Empire government in relation to various ethno-religious communities in the XVIII – early XX centuries. In that time the official ideology represented the Russian Empire as a monoethnic state, in which there were national minorities, which were numerically significantly inferior to the titular nation. The officially titular nation in the Russian Empire was the “Russian people”, which included not only Russians, but also Ukrainians and Belarusians. The prospect of recognizing Ukrainians and Belarusians as separate nations was seen by the government as a threat to the internal strength of the state. Therefore, the development of Ukrainian national culture in the Russian Empire has always been considered in a political context. Hence the severe restrictions on the Ukrainian national movement.Based on the classification of Göran Therborn, the author shows that the Russian Empire was a pre-modern multicultural society. However, the government’s approach to different «inocultural» communities was extremely heterogeneous. The author considers the national and cultural policy of the Russian government in relation to the Grand Duchy of Finland, the Kingdom of Poland, the Baltic provinces, Central Asia, the Caucasus. Particular attention is paid to the status of so-called «Inorodtsy». This category in the Russian Empire included, first of all, the indigenous tribes of Siberia, Chukchi, Kalmyks, Kyrgyz, nomads of Central Asia and the North Caucasus, as well as Jews. The author shows that the strategic goal of the government has always been to form a Russian political nation, ie a multinational and multicultural community that would be loyal to the ruling dynasty and realize itself as a single political entity. Achieving this goal involved providing varying degrees of national-cultural or even political autonomy to different groups of citizens. В статті аналізується політика уряду Російської імперії по відношенню до різних етно-релігійних спільнот у ХVIII – на початку ХХ ст. ... |
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The Russian Empire as a Multicultural Society: Between Assimilation and Ethno-Religious Segmentation |
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The Russian Empire as a Multicultural Society: Between Assimilation and Ethno-Religious Segmentation |
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The Russian Empire as a Multicultural Society: Between Assimilation and Ethno-Religious Segmentation |
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The Russian Empire as a Multicultural Society: Between Assimilation and Ethno-Religious Segmentation |
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The Russian Empire as a Multicultural Society: Between Assimilation and Ethno-Religious Segmentation |
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russian empire as a multicultural society: between assimilation and ethno-religious segmentation |
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Eastern European Institute of Theology (EEIT) |
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http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/217140 https://doi.org/10.29357/2521-179X.2020.v18.2.5 |
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Chukchi Siberia |
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Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology; Vol. 18 No. 2 (2020): THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS: Eastern European Journal of Theology; 90-105 Богословские размышления: Восточноевропейский журнал богословия; Том 18 № 2 (2020): БОГОСЛОВСКИЕ РАЗМЫШЛЕНИЯ: Восточноевропейский журнал богословия; 90-105 Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богослов’я; Том 18 № 2 (2020): БОГОСЛОВСЬКI РОЗДУМИ: Східноєвропейський журнал богослов'я; 90-105 2789-1577 2789-1569 10.29357/2521-179X.2020.v18.2 |
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