The russian language is official in russia, belarus, kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, and tajikistan, and is also spoken as a secondary language in many former soviet states. Nationality, empire, and politics in the russian empire and ussr. Unlike many scholars, from the start he examined the ussr as a multiethnic empire. Just like america, china is building a multiethnic empire in the west. Orias summer teacher institute imperialism in world history summer 2010 1 before russia was the great big bear. Sunderlands study of ungerns journey, however, also brings panim. Carrick quickly gained fame, capturing the daily life of the country and became the first russian ethnographerphotographer.
Pdf one of the puzzles of late imperial russian history is the fact. It is a dynamic country transitioning from a communist state to part of the global economy. This look at the diversity of the russian empire shows the territorys changing demographics and the development of its social, economic, administrative, and educational sectors. If this remarkable work had a weakness, it was that one could not find a better treatment. The third largest empire in history, russias only rival at the time was the larger but very different british empire. Socialist nostalgia and soviet retro at the new wave competition.
This major survey of russia as a multi ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the. Not so very long ago, russian history tended to be taught as the. The romanov empire and the russian nation alexei miller for decades, the. Comparative perspectives on imperialism and empire in late. An international team of scholars explores the connections between russias expansion over vast territories occupied by people of many ethnicities, religions, and political experiences and the evolution of imperial administration and vision. Russification and the bureaucratic mind in the russian. Microsoft word hst3365 history of russia and inner asia. The soviet union was hardly the first large, continuous, landbased, multinational empire to collapse in modern times. Russian empire a brief history stamp collecting world.
The change was signaled by the 1992 appearance of andreas kappelers the russian empire. An international language for an empire of humanity. Core elements of russian strategic culture in the imperial and soviet periods the russian state and empire emerged and expanded in conditions of almost constant warfare, initially defensive, then increasingly offensive as the empire expanded. A multiethnic history kindle edition by andreas kappeler. Slavic peoples muslim serbs tu get the answers you need, now. William carrick 18271878 was a scottishrussian artist and photographer. It asks how russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multiethnic empire was read more. Russian empire offers new perspectives on the strategies of imperial rule pursued by rulers, officials, scholars, and subjects of the russian empire. In practice, the empire started when peter the great became the sole ruler of muscovite russia in 1694 his dimwitted half brother, ivan v. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. So in 862, he founded novgorod nahvguhrahd, russias first important city. The national question and how to impose control over its diverse ethnic identities has long posed a problem for the russian state. Id like to start a discussion on a scenario, with a pod anywhere between 1600 and 1848 arguably the starting mark of romanian nationalism, in which the russian empire manages to annex the region of moldavia into its domains after conflicts with the ottoman empire.
William carrick 18271878 was a scottish russian artist and photographer. The 1917 revolution abolished the monarchy entirely, when nicholas ii r. Pdf the romanov empire and the russian nation alexey miller. Finding that twothirds of the bolshevik leadership were ethnic minorities ukrainians, latvians, georgians, jews and others this book examines the shared experiences of. Pdf region and nation in late imperial russian ukraine. The soviet union and the russian, ottoman, and habsburg empires edition 1. A multiethnic history the english word terrible is usually used to translate the russian word grozny in ivans nickname but this is a somewhat archaic translation the russian word grozny. The change was signaled by the 1992 appearance of andreas kappelers book, the russian empire. In the past two decades, a sizeable body of research has come to. The ussr itself was, ironically, the direct result of one such demise, that of imperial russia, which in turn was but one of several other such empires that did not survive the stresses of the times. Taking information from the 1897 census and elsewhere to create a discussion about the empire, this work is. See the map of the russian empire in 1866 which accompanies this article.
Causes thinking about empire the ottoman empire the habsburg empire the russian empire the. This major survey of russia as a multiethnic empire spans the imperial years from the. Religion and politics in central asia, berkeley, ca. Taking information from the 1897 census and elsewhere to create a discussion about the empire, this work is revealing and intriguing. The russian empire was multiethnic with populations of which of the following. Just like america, china is building a multiethnic empire. An old postcard the original name of the russian empire and the modernday russia was rus, an eastern european area that had been populated primarily by the east slavs from the 7th century. Today, turkey is a country of about eighty million people. This major survey of russia as a multi ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the soviet phase. The soviet union and the russian, ottoman and habsburg empires karen barkey perseus 1997 pdf. What strategies did the russian empire use to govern a multiethnic state. Russia has a complicated history of monarchy and totalitarianism, rich natural resources, extremes of wealth and poverty, and a slowly declining population. Boterbloem provides a succinct introductory survey of russian history from the foundation of the romanov dynasty in 16 to the beginning of vladimir putins third term as president of the russian federation in 2012.
Russian empire a brief history the kremlin, moscow, about 1900 from. The history of russia begins with the histories of the east slavs. Slavs and vikings russian legends say the slavs invited the viking chief rurik to be their king. Shattering empires is a fine book it makes a valuable contribution not only to the history of russianottoman relations but also to our understanding of the intersection of nationalism and geopolitics in the age of imperial downfall. Comparative perspectives on imperialism and empire in late imperial russia. That account is given in the primary chronicle, a history of russia written by monks in the early 1100s. The competition is discussed in terms of the history of its soviet predecessor, the jurmala competition that was held from 19851989 in the same concert hall, involving many of. This contrasts a nation state, where a single nation accounts for the bulk of the population.
Petersburg, he opened the first photo studio in the russian empire. Empire building russia grew out of a blending of slavic and byzantine cultures and adopted eastern orthodox traditions. A multi ethnic history 1st first edition by andreas kappeler published by pearson 2001 aa on. The traditional startdate of specifically russian history is the establishment of the rus state in the north in 862 ruled by vikings. We will analyze how this space was constructed politically and culturally, and how it was experienced by various subjects of the empire in its different localities.
This major survey of russia as a multiethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the soviet phase. Russian empire 17211917 russia expanded a lot during the 17th century, including the first russian colonization of the pacific in the mid17th century, the russopolish war 165467, and the russian conquest of siberia. The author emphasizes the role of important leaders and the rapid growth of the multiethnic russian empire. History of russia simple english wikipedia, the free. Statistics and national categories at the end of the russian empire 18971917 juliette cadiot i n 1897 the tsarist administration decided to carry out the first general census of all the people in the russian empire. Andreas kappeler institut fur osteuropaische geschichte. Look at that, says one pointing out of the window to the russian forests, that was all ours. The soviet union and the russian, ottoman, and habsburg empires. A soviet joke recounts how two georgians fly from moscow to tiflis right after the breakup of the soviet union. A multiethnic history 1st first edition by andreas kappeler published by pearson 2001 aa on. The russian empire of the early 18 th to early 20 th century was an autocracy led by an allpowerful emperor until the 1905 revolution, when it became a semiconstitutional monarchy. They planned a second census on the same scale for 1915, but cancelled it due to the war. Slavs during the ninth century, byzantium actively traded with its neighbors to the north. The russian empire was multiethnic with populations of.
During the 19th century, russophilia was a common occurrence among the slavic population, but the mass exodus of ukrainian intellectuals escaping from russian repression in eastern ukraine, as well as the intervention of austrian authorities, caused the movement to be replaced by ukrainophilia, which would then crossover into the russian empire. Riasanovskys the norman theory of the origin of the russian state. This russian empire timeline gives a brief overview of key events during the history of the russian empire, with a particular focus on its expansion and conflicts with other countries and empires. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Liliana riga bolsheviks and the russian empire world of. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Many ethnic groups had a common history within the former soviet union and russian empire, which was influential in the spreading of russian culture and language. The soviet union and russian, ottoman, and habsburg empires boulder, 1997. This is the first attempt in any language to centre the whole of russian history from the 16th century to the present day on the relations between the empires ethnic groups. Staraya ladoga and novgorod became the first major cities of the new union of immigrants from scandinavia with the slavs and finnougrians. Hst3365 history of russia and inner asia lingnan university. Depending on the definition of nation which touches on ethnicity, language, and political identity, a multinational state might also be multicultural or multilingual. A multinational state is a sovereign state that comprises two or more nations or states. This course surveys the history of the russian empire as a multiethnic, multilingual, and multicultural space.
It asks how russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multiethnic empire was and how, finally, these issues related to nationalism. Moscow muscovy became the unifying center of the russian state because it was most effective in. Aftermaths of empire and the unmixing of peoples rogers brubaker includes. Early russia was separated from the west, leading to a difference in culture that still exists today. The russian empire reached its largest territorial size of 23.
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