| Title |
Challenges to Imperial Authorities’ Nationality Policy in the Northwest Region, 1905–15, The Tsar, The Empire, and The Nation. Dilemmas of Nationalization in Russia’s Western Borderlands, 1905-1915 1915 / Ed. Yoko Aoshima, Darius Staliūnas. Budapest-New York: CEU Press, 2021, p. 33-66 / |
| Authors |
Staliūnas, Darius |
| ISBN |
9789633863657 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
The Tsar, The Empire, and The Nation. Dilemmas of Nationalization in Russia’s Western Borderlands, 1905-1915 / Ed. Yoko Aoshima, Darius Staliūnas... CEU Press, 2021. p. 33-66.. ISBN 9789633863657 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Russian Empire ; Lithuania ; Belarus ; nationality policy ; 1905 revolution |
| Abstract [eng] |
Inconsistency of tsarist nationality policy is at the centre of this paper. That inconsistency is shown by focusing on two competing strategies of nationality policy in the Northwest region: an imperial nationality policy, which proposed that the satisfaction of non- Russians’ cultural demands would guarantee their loyalty to the empire; and a nationalist policy, which prioritized the tasks associated with assimilation for the East Slavic population and segregation with regard to Jews and Poles, and sometimes even all Catholics. Proponents of the second strategy often recommended the continuation of policies in the post-1863 period, even though the more liberal political regime and stronger non-Russian national movements after 1905 made such policies substantially more difficult to pursue. Staliūnas also shows that even tsarist officials themselves conceded that neither of these strategies could guarantee the loyalty of non-Russians in the longer term. |
| Published |
CEU Press, 2021 |
| Type |
Book part |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2021 |
