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Nationalism and Empire before and after 1917
Author(s) -
Semyonov Alexander,
Smith Jeremy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
studies in ethnicity and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1754-9469
pISSN - 1473-8481
DOI - 10.1111/sena.12255
Subject(s) - empire , nationalism , historiography , politics , context (archaeology) , political science , russian history , history , economic history , political economy , ancient history , sociology , law , archaeology
The article reassesses some of the recent historiographic developments in studies of the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Russian Empire. In particular, it focusses on the role of nationalist politics in late Imperial Russia, in 1917, and in early Soviet politics. It also considers the end of the Russian Empire within the context of historiographical approaches to the collapse of other European empires. Based on these considerations, the article concludes that the place of nationalist politics in the Russian Revolution can be exaggerated.