Ethnic, Racist, Imperial
Manifestations of Russian Nationalism
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Russian nationalism comes in three forms. The ideologues of white racism incite hatred against migrants from Central Asia and against citizens of their own country from the North Caucasus. Russian ethnonationalists are concerned with language, culture, and religion. The concept of the “Russian world” originates in their circles. But this has long been obsolete. Neither the creation of a Russian nation state, nor a union of Eastern Slavic “fraternal nations” are on the state’s agenda. A militant imperial nationalism has prevailed. It is concerned with borders and territories, not language and religion. Its ideology is “Russia – a multi-ethnic empire”. This imperial nationalism has been deeply rooted in the violent apparatuses of the Moscow-ruled state since Soviet times.
(Osteuropa 1-3/2024, pp. 155–180)