“This Battle Started Long Before Our Days …” The Historical and Political Context of the Russo-Turkish War in Russian Popular Publications, 1877–78

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ID17533374
AutoresKati Parppei (0000-0002-4322-9046, University of Eastern Finland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen49
Número1
Páginas162-179
Fecha de publicación2020-06-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/nps.2019.117
OpenAlexW3036343110
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas16

Popular publications produced in Russia on the events in the Balkans in 1877–78 offer a valuable opportunity to examine how the historical and political background of the Russo-Turkish War was conveyed to common readers, some of whom were potentially involved in the military action, or persuaded to support the cause by other means. The conceptions produced and distributed in these booklets were firmly based on pan-Slavistic ideas of Russians’ duty to help their “Slavic brothers.” The publications presented the reader with propagandistic images of Turkish enemies, which were compared to Islamic enemies of the Russian national narrative. The result was persuasive and simplified imagery leaning on dualistic representations of ethnic groups and graphic depictions of violence, effectively justifying Russia’s involvement in the events and taking a stand in the internal issues concerning Muslim minorities, too

Action (physics) · Ancient history · Art · Battle · Context (archaeology) · Duty · Ethnic group · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Slavic languages · Sociology · Turkish · Classics · History · Law · Ottoman and Turkish Studies · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History

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