Prison of the peoples

Prison of the nations (Russian: Тюрьма́ наро́дов) is a phrase first used by Vladimir Lenin in 1914.[1][2][3] He applied it to Russia, describing the national policy of that time.[4] The idea of calling Russia a prison is based on Marquis de Custine's book La Russie en 1839.

The main meaning of the phraseological unit was the stereotypical idea of ​​the Russian Empire as a backward authoritarian state. This definition was also sometimes used in relation to other multinational empires that suppressed the desire of peoples for self-determination (Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, the USSR, Yugoslavia and others).[5][6]

Bibliography
  • Russia as the Prison of Nations M. N. Pokrovskii, Russia as the Prison of Nations. 1930 Original Source: 1905 god (Moscow: OGIZ Moskovskii rabochii, 1930). Reprinted in M. N. Pokrovskii, Izbrannye proizvedeniia (Moscow 1965-67), IV:129-35.

References
  1. К вопросу о национальной политике
  2. Н. Матюшкин. «В. И. Ленин о дружбе народов», Издательство «Знание», Москва, 1954 г.
  3. Российская империя в 1914—1917 гг.: факты, которые всегда замалчивались: «Гнилая самодержавная Россия, эта извечная тюрьма народов просто обречена на поражение.»
  4. Brandenberger, David (2002). National Bolshevism: Stalinist Mass Culture and the Formation of Modern Russian National Identity, 1931-1956. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674009066.
  5. Никитин Н. Была ли Россия "тюрьмой народов"?. Дата обращения: 31 июля 2015.
  6. Sulakshin S. S. et al. Russia between East and West: Identity Crisis // National Identity of Russia and the Demographic Crisis. — M.: Scientific expert, 2007. — ISBN 978-591290-009-9.
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