The Institute of Modern Russia continues its series of articles by well-known historian Alexander Yanov dedicated to the history of Russian nationalism in the Soviet Union. In this essay, the author discusses the change of the cultural code in the 1960s and the revival of nationalism in Soviet Russia. The question is why the Russian idea was revived at exactly this historic crossroads. As we saw in the first cycle of our series, this particular concept of Russian nationalism appears only in response to the first threatening symptoms of the degradation of the traditional political system. This is important because it allows us to view the emergence of such nationalistic tendencies as an accurate signal that such degradation has begun. Although the only weapon of this movement, which never grew into a formal party with a charter and a program, was ideas, as we already know, nationalist ideas are powerful and contagious.
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 22:33:37 +0000