Provincializing Russia
Recontextualizing postcolonial thought in the post-Soviet era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3377860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Galina Bogatova (Florida International University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interventions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-801X • E-ISSN: 1469-929X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369801x.2025.2530114 |
| OpenAlex | W4414147930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
Since 2008, a growing divergence between Russia’s self-perception and its portrayal in neighbouring states has sparked debates among scholars regarding the underlying motives driving Russian expansionism. Despite the conventional view of Russia as a “great power”, its colonial tendencies have been largely overlooked, with postcolonial perspectives rarely applied to analyze its foreign policy. However, the 2022 conflict with Ukraine marked a pivotal moment in Eurasian studies, prompting a re-evaluation of Russia’s colonial posture. This catalyzed a postcolonial shift, fostering dialogue between postsocialist and postcolonial scholarship. This essay provides an overview of Russian post/neo-colonial studies, tracing the evolution of perspectives and the resurgence of postcolonial studies of Russia. It examines the historical development of the postcolonial paradigm in the post-Soviet context and explores the application of postcolonial frameworks to analyze Russian foreign policy in the post-2022 era
Narrative · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History
What Does It Mean to Be Post-Soviet?
Russia's Postcolonial Identity
Provincializing Europe
Was Russia a Colonial Empire
Between Europe and Asia
Postcolonial Slavic Literatures After Communism
Reflective Colonization
Uses of ‘the East’ in international studies
Imperialism, supremacy, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
(En)Countering epistemic imperialism
War in Ukraine
Race, Amnesia, and the Education of International Relations
On writing Soviet History of Central Asia
Under Western Eyes
Introduction
Postcolonialism, postsocialism and the anthropology of east-central Europe
Creators, Transmitters, and Users
Truth with a Z
Kant, Mill, and Illiberal Legacies in International Affairs
The Postcolonial Moment in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Alexander Dugin
Heralds of Freedom
Theorising Russian postcolonial studies
Russia
Russian Colonialism in Central Asia
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |