Essays about: "Russian Empire"

Found 3 essays containing the words Russian Empire.

  1. 1. Nationalism as opposition in Russia –a historical comparison

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Slaviska språk

    Author : Erika Hellsing Rydergård; [2018]
    Keywords : Russia; Nationalism; Slavophilism; Aleksei Naval’nyi; Aleksei Khomiakov; Ivan Kireevskii;

    Abstract : During the 19th century, nationalism was generally connected to ideas of democratisation and the contestation of power and status quo. In Russia, there was an ongoing struggle between Official Nationalism, aimed at preserving the empire, and cultural nationalism. READ MORE

  3. 2. IMPERIAL RHETORIC AND THE FINNISH OTHER IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE in selected works of Aleksandr Puškin and Fëdor Dostojevskij

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Tuomas Taavila; [2017-06-16]
    Keywords : ryska; Russian Empire; Finland; literature; Aleksandr Puškin; Fëdor Dostojevskij; nation building; imperial rhetoric; devices of colonization;

    Abstract : Inspired by the ongoing debate on Russia’s imperial revival, this paper is set to explore earlier manifestations of Russian imperial rhetoric in Russian literature of the 1800s. The second aim of this study is to analyse the imperial rhetoric with reference to one of Russia’s neighbouring countries, Finland. READ MORE

  4. 3. Struggling nation : Baltic refugees in the Swedish party press, 1906

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Martin Karlsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Nation; nationalism; Sweden; party press; democracy; journalism; immigrants; refugees; representation; class; gender; ethnicity; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : In 1906 groups of Baltic refugees were arriving in Stockholm, fleeing repression after popular uprisings against the nobility and the Russian tsar in the Baltic provinces of the Russian empire. Their arrival coincided with major social transformations in Swedish society, where groups whom were denied to participate in Swedish politics called the concept of nationhood into question. READ MORE