Alexey Miller Natsiia, Narod, Narodnost’ in Russia in the 19th Century: Some Introductory Remarks to the History of Concepts

The article shows that the word natsiia functioned in the Russian language in the 18th century.

The concept of narodnost’ was introduced in 1820’s, and had a broad currency during the 1830s–1860s, largely thanks to its inclusion in Uvarov’s triad. The concepts of nation (natsiia) and natio-nality (natsional’nost’) were likewise current at the time, but their use and discussion, especially in the political context, was often restricted by censorship. It was only by the 1880s that narodnost’ was finally replaced by the concepts nasiia, nastionalnost’ and natsionalism.

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