LEADER 03581nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910778356303321 005 20230721031849.0 010 $a1-282-26584-9 010 $a90-420-3132-8 010 $a1-4356-1240-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000480514 035 $a(EBL)556893 035 $a(OCoLC)714568428 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000196063 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169296 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196063 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10142249 035 $a(PQKB)10480554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC556893 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789042031326 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL556893 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10380315 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000480514 100 $a20080131d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking Russians$b[electronic resource] $emeaning and practice of russification in Lithuania and Belarus after 1863 /$fDarius Staliu?nas 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aNew York $cRodopi$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (480 p.) 225 1 $aOn the boundary of two worlds ;$v11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-2267-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [417]-456) and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- Administrative Boundaries and Nationality Policy -- The Search for a Nationality Policy Strategy in the Early 1860's -- The Meanings of Russification -- Separating ?Them? from ?Us.? Definitions of Nationality in Political Practice -- Confessional Experiments -- Metamorphoses in Language Policy -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Index. 330 $aMaking Russians is an innovative study dealing with Russian nationalities policy in Lithuania and Belarus in the aftermath of the 1863 Uprising. The book devotes most attention to imperial confessional and language policy, for in Russian discourse at that time it was religion and language that were considered to be the most important criteria determining nationality. The account of Russian nationalities policy presented here differs considerably from the assessments usually offered by historians from east-central Europe primarily because the author provides a more subtle description of the aims of imperial nationalities policy, rejecting the claim that the Russian authorities consistently sought to assimilate members of other national groups. At the same time the interpretation this study offers opens a discussion with western and Russian historians, especially those, who lay heavy emphasis on discourse analysis. This study asserts that the rhetoric of officials and certain public campaigners was influenced by a concept of political correctness, which condemned all forms of ethnic denationalisation. A closer look at the implementation of discriminatory policy allows us to discern within Russian imperial policy more attempts to assimilate or otherwise repress the cultures of non-dominant national groups than it is possible to appreciate simply by analysing discourse alone. 410 0$aOn the boundary of two worlds ;$v11. 606 $aRussification$zBelarus 606 $aRussification$zLithuania 615 0$aRussification 615 0$aRussification 676 $a947 700 $aStaliu?nas$b Darius$01093056 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778356303321 996 $aMaking Russians$93834547 997 $aUNINA