New Wave of Russian Nationalist Thought Focuses on Nation State

Krievu pareizticīgums pret visu citādo kļūst arien tuvāks ortdoksālajam islamam. Nacisms sovetkrievu gaumē. Grūti izsvērt kas civilizācijai ir bīstamāks - islams, krievu pareizticīgais šovinisms vai Centra valsts - Ķīna. Mums šis briesmas ir blakus, pat mūsu iekšās...

Neceri. Jebkuras separātiskas domas Krievijā var novest tikai cietumā...

Although I'm not Russian, I'd offer them another, probably for non-historians new and bit strange (at first look) way of their nationalism. They probably have forgotten it's 'Balts' roots. Even author's mentioned Lev Gumilev this aspect in Russian ethnogenesis always accept seriously and wrote, that Russian nation has formed from three ethnoses - Balts, Finno-Ugric and Slaves who arrived to this terriory (and just bit mongolians). The very last 'russian' state which was free from Moskovites despotism traditions was Novgorod. Inhabitans of this republic according to archeological and historical materials were even in 15th century mostly Balts, including essential part of their elite, and therefore was tended to have strong ties with Latvians and Lithuanians. Most probably this was one of the reason why Ivan The Terrible was so slaughterous towards Novgorod. So, if new Russians would accept those roots, maybe they could manage with their imperialistic and despotism traditions and would recapture, that tsarism is not only and maybe even - not at all - russian tradition of state and nation governance ...

Hi Paul, thank you for writings and best wishes from Latvia. Artis

Thank you ! Great article !

Jā, šādas tendences krievu nacionalismā ir. Taču šim virzienam stipri jāattīstās, lai tas atkal nepāraugtu imperiālismā. Piemēram, krievu nacionālisti ir ar mieru atteikties no Ziemeļkaukāza, tomēr pretendē uz dienvidaustrumu Ukrainu. Turklāt viņi bieži vien neatzīst mazu Krievijas tautu tiesības. No tām tautām, ar kuŗām viņi nespēj tikt galā, viņi gribētu norobežoties (piemēram, Ziemeļkaukāzs), bet vājākas tautas viņi gribētu asimilēt (piemēram, somugrus). Šis virziens varētu kļūt par civīlizētu nacionālismu, ja viņi atteiktos no pretenzijām pret citām valstīm, kā arī atzītu Krievijas mazu pamattautu tiesības. Ir gan arī citi krievu nacionālisma virzieni. Tie, kas nepretendē uz visu Krieviju, bet būtu ar mieru norobežoties no pārējās Krievijas, it īpaši no Maskavas.