“Soviet Rus’” and Its Brothers
The Slavic Idea in Russia’s Long 20th Century
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
In the 20th century, the Slavic idea appeared in three variations: as Neo-Slavism in the late tsarist empire, as Pan-Slavic rhetoric in high Stalinism, and as splinter in the post-Soviet search for Russian identity. In each case, propagandists invoked the Pan-Slavism of the Tsarist empire. That shows the power of 19th-century national myths.
(Osteuropa 12/2009, pp. 95–114)