«FINLAND QUESTION» IN THE SOCIO-POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IN THE XIX CENTURY
https://doi.org/10.18384/2224-0209-2024-1-1404
Abstract
Aim. To assess the significance of the “Finland question” in the socio-political discourse of the Russian Empire in the 19th century, to highlight the positions in this polemic and the arguments of its supporters.
Methodology. The study is based on the letters and diaries of the contemporaries, articles and books of the 19th century devoted to the “Finland question”. The main methods were political-textual and historical-system analyses, historical-political reconstruction.
Results. This paper presents the chronology of the development of the “Finland question” in the socio-political discourse of the Russian Empire in the 19th century. The preconditions for its emergence, the main positions and their evolution, the opponents’ arguments are highlighted. The material on the “Finland question” in the Russian Empire of the XIX century is generalized and structured.
Research implications. The research materials can be used in the preparation of special courses on the political history of Russia and the history of social-political ideas of Russia.
About the Author
Dmitrii V. Logvinov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
postgraduate student, Department of History of Social and Political Studies, Faculty of Political Science
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