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Great Russian chauvinism, the Glossary

Great Russian chauvinism (Великорусский шовинизм) is a term defined by the early Soviet government officials, most notably Vladimir Lenin, to describe an ideology of the "dominant exploiting classes of the nation, holding a dominant (sovereign) position in the state, declaring their nation as the "superior nation".^[1]

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Chauvinism
Conservatism in Russia

Address concerning the events in Ukraine

"Address concerning the events in Ukraine" (Обращение по поводу событий на Украине) was a televised address by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 21 February 2022, announcing that the Russian government would recognise the Ukrainian separatist regions of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent.

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All-Russian nation

The All-Russian nation (obshcherussky narod) or triune Russian nation (label), also called the pan-Russian nation, is the term for the Imperial Russian and later irredentist ideology that sees the Russian nation as comprising a "trinity" of sub-nations: Great Russia, Little Russia, and White Russia. Great Russian chauvinism and all-Russian nation are Russian nationalism.

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Antisemitism in the Soviet Union

The February Revolution in Russia officially ended a centuries-old regime of antisemitism in the Russian Empire, legally abolishing the Pale of Settlement.

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Belarusians

Belarusians (biełarusy) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Belarus.

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Bolsheviks

The Bolsheviks (italic,; from большинство,, 'majority'), led by Vladimir Lenin, were a far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903.

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Bourgeois nationalism

In Marxist theory, bourgeois nationalism is the ideology of the ruling capitalist class which aims to overcome class antagonism between proletariat and bourgeoisie by appealing to national unity. Great Russian chauvinism and bourgeois nationalism are Soviet phraseology.

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Chauvinism

Chauvinism is the unreasonable belief in the superiority or dominance of one's own group or people, who are seen as strong and virtuous, while others are considered weak, unworthy, or inferior.

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Colonization

independence. Colonization (British English: colonisation) is a process of establishing control over foreign territories or peoples for the purpose of exploitation and possibly settlement, setting up coloniality and often colonies, commonly pursued and maintained by colonialism.

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Felix Dzerzhinsky

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский; Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński; – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Polish origin.

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Government of Russia

The government of Russia (Pravitelstvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the federal executive body of state power of the Russian Federation.

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Great power

A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale.

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Great Soviet Encyclopedia

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (GSE;, BSE) is the largest Soviet Russian-language encyclopedia, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990.

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Greater Poland

Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical region of west-central Poland.

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Gulag

The Gulag was a system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. Great Russian chauvinism and Gulag are Soviet phraseology.

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Han chauvinism

Han chauvinism is an ideology that speaks out for the ethnic Han Chinese people and its uniqueness throughout human history. Great Russian chauvinism and Han chauvinism are chauvinism.

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Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.

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Katorga

Katorga (p; from medieval and modern) was a system of penal labor in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (see Katorga labor in the Soviet Union).

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Korenizatsiia

Korenizatsiia (korenizatsiya,; korenizatsiia) was an early policy of the Soviet Union for the integration of non-Russian nationalities into the governments of their specific Soviet republics. Great Russian chauvinism and korenizatsiia are Soviet phraseology.

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Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska (Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland.

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Little Russia

Little Russia (Malorossiya; Malorosiia), also known in English as Malorussia, Little Rus' (Malaya Rus; translit), Rus' Minor (from translit), and the French equivalent Petite Russie, is a geographical and historical term used to describe Ukraine. Great Russian chauvinism and Little Russia are Russian nationalism.

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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists Internet Archive (also known as MIA or Marxists.org) is a non-profit online encyclopedia that hosts a multilingual library (created in 1990) of the works of communist, anarchist, and socialist writers, such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Rosa Luxemburg, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, as well as that of writers of related ideologies, and even unrelated ones (for instance, Sun Tzu).

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National delimitation in the Soviet Union

National delimitation in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the process of specifying well-defined national territorial units (Soviet socialist republics, autonomous Soviet socialist republics, autonomous oblasts, raions and okrugs) from the ethnic diversity of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its subregions. Great Russian chauvinism and national delimitation in the Soviet Union are Soviet phraseology.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state.

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Nikolai Bukharin

Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (p; – 15 March 1938) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and Marxist theorist.

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October Revolution

The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Soviet historiography), October coup,, britannica.com Bolshevik coup, or Bolshevik revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923.

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On conducting a special military operation

"On conducting a special military operation" (translit) was a televised broadcast by Russian president Vladimir Putin on 24 February 2022, announcing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians

On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians is an essay by Russian president Vladimir Putin published on 12 July 2021. Great Russian chauvinism and on the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians are Russian nationalism.

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Penal transportation

Penal transportation was the relocation of convicted criminals, or other persons regarded as undesirable, to a distant place, often a colony, for a specified term; later, specifically established penal colonies became their destination.

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Politburo

A politburo or political bureau is the highest political organ of the central committee in communist parties.

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Population transfer in the Soviet Union

From 1930 to 1952, the government of the Soviet Union, on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin under the direction of the NKVD official Lavrentiy Beria, forcibly transferred populations of various groups.

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Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

In March and April 2021, prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crimea, representing the largest mobilisation since the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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Prison of peoples

Prison of peoples or prison of nations (тюрьма народов) is a phrase first used by Vladimir Lenin in 1914.

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Republics of the Soviet Union

The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics (r) were national-based administrative units of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

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Russia under Vladimir Putin

Since 1999, Vladimir Putin has continuously served as either President (Acting President from 1999 to 2000; 2000–2004, 2004–2008, 2012–2018, 2018–2024 and 2024 to present) or Prime Minister of Russia (three months in 1999, full term 2008–2012). Great Russian chauvinism and Russia under Vladimir Putin are Russian nationalism.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Russian imperialism

Russian imperialism includes the policy and ideology of power exerted by Russia, as well as its antecedent states, over other countries and external territories. Great Russian chauvinism and Russian imperialism are Conservatism in Russia.

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.

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Russian world

The "Russian world" (translit) is a concept and a political doctrine usually defined as the sphere of military, political and cultural influence of Russia. Great Russian chauvinism and Russian world are Russian nationalism.

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Russians

Russians (russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe.

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Rusyns

Rusyns, also known as Carpatho-Rusyns, Ruthenians, or Rusnaks, are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe.

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Self-determination

Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.

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Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Sergo Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze (born Grigol Konstantines dze Orjonikidze; 18 February 1937) was a Georgian-born Bolshevik and Soviet politician.

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Soviet empire

The term "Soviet empire" collectively refers to the world's territories that the Soviet Union dominated politically, economically, and militarily.

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Soviet patriotism

Soviet patriotism is the socialist patriotism involving emotional and cultural attachment of the Soviet people to the Soviet Union as their homeland. Great Russian chauvinism and Soviet patriotism are Russian nationalism.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Special military operation

"Special military operation" (also "special operation", and abbreviated as "SMO" or "SVO" for специальная военная операция) is an official term used by the Russian government and pro-Russian sources to denote the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Special settlements in the Soviet Union

Special settlements in the Soviet Union were the result of population transfers and were performed in a series of operations organized according to social class or nationality of the deported.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Militant

The Militant is an international socialist newsweekly connected to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the Pathfinder Press.

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The Spectator

The Spectator is a weekly British news magazine focusing on politics, culture, and current affairs.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainska Radianska Sotsialistychna Respublika; Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Russian_chauvinism

Also known as Great power chauvinism, Great-Russian chauvinism, Great-power chauvinism, Russian chauvinism.

, Time (magazine), Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainians, Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

Great Russian chauvinism, the Glossary

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Chauvinism

Conservatism in Russia

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