A Geopolitics of Identity

Drawing the Line Between Russia and Estonia

Bibliographic Data

ID11046152
AuthorsMartha Merritt (University of Notre Dame, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume28
Issue2
Pages243-262
Publication date2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/713687468
OpenAlexW2017954623
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited13

Although narratives of national identity feature territory, myths, and historical memories presumably shared by members, 1 national identity formation is an ongoing process with changeable membership and boundaries. 2 One of the more complex challenges to a national “imagined community” has been the significant presence in Estonia of cultural Russians 3 after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, at that time one-third and now some 28% of the small country's population. The often grudging accommodation of cultural Russians by the titular nationality continues to draw attention from international organizations, scholars, and policymakers alike. Undoubtedly the commentary least welcome to Estonian governments in the last decade, however, has been the thunder of denunciation from Russia. In a great spillover from domestic concerns about Slavic identity to international relations, Estonia has been ranked as Russia's greatest enemy, and political figures across the spectrum have condemned Estonian citizenship and language policies. 4

Aesthetics · Citizenship · Estonian · Geopolitics · Identity (music · National identity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Slavic languages · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law

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