The Ostsee Issue in the Second Half of the 19th Century
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https://doi.org/10.47451/his2020-12-004Keywords:
Ostsee issue, Baltic provinces, Prussia, Katkov, Aksakov, Rohrbach, Moscow VedomostiAbstract
In the second 19th century, one of the most acute issues in the internal Russian polemics was the question of the Ostsee (Baltic). This region had a kind of autonomy, being three self-governing Russian provinces. The indigenous people (who in the second half of the century before last acquired the names of Estonians and Latvians) were even legally considered second-class people. Russian publicists of the conservative direction, speaking out against the special order of administration of the region, largely contributed to the national development of local nationalities. This article shows the role and significance of Russian conservative publicists who fought against the German (Ostsee) orders in the region. The results of this struggle are also shown, during which it became possible to talk about the formation of the Baltic Nations from the totality of the lower classes.
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