Obersht O. Russian nationalist movement in Dnieper Ukraine in the early twentieth century: ideology and practice

The dissertation analyzes the ideas and practices of the Russian nationalist movement. It is emphasized that ensuring the continuity of political traditions of Russian nationalist discourse, attempts to adapt them to the challenges of modernization, avalanche layer came to beginning of the twentieth century and formed a new political principle - nationalism. In dissertation was defining two streams of Russian nationalist movement: radical and moderate. In the basis of classification were methods of struggle which members of nationalist movements used for the implementation of the provisions of ideological and nationalistic ideas (the typology of the action). The paper identified Russian nationalist position regarding "Ukrainian question", which was finally formed in 1911, defined its main features: an appeal to the "language of culture"; opposition of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian political elite; fighting "mazepynstvo"; pressure on the power circles in the fight against the Ukrainian movement, associated "Ukrainian issue" with the figure of Hrushevsky; problematic figure of Shevchenko and his place in the Ukrainian narrative; the conflict of identities within the Russian nationalist agent on Ukrainian lands. It is underlined that "Ukrainian question" in the plane of Russian nationalism is not limited Russian-ruled lands, but also cover inhabited by Ukrainian lands Austro-Hungarian Empire. The key principles of Russian nationalists on Western lands and their population were: 1) solidarity; 2) pragmatism. The first principle was associated with Slavic movement, unity and solidarity which was close to the national movement. The second principle foresaw suppression active of Ukrainian "separatist movement", so-called mazepynstvo, the main engine of which was Galicia. To implement these principles, Russian nationalists worked together with Russian Panslavists. Because the early twentieth century in Russia on the agenda started nominate Slavic political resolve problems.