Identity dynamics of Russian-speakers of Estonia in the transition period

Vihalemm, Triin; Masso, Anu

doi:10.1080/01629770200000271

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“…Support for the political community is ethnically based in Latvia and Estonia. The finding that Russian speakers in Latvia and Estonia combine local identities with a strong attachment to Russia is in line with studies that have described the dominant collective identity of Baltic Russians as territorial-ethnic (Vihalemm and Masso 2003). The fact that Baltic Russians identify with Russia, instead of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, should not be regarded as politically alarming a priori, provided this attachment is primarily cultural-ethnic in nature.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Political support in the baltic states, 1993–2004

Ehin¹

2007

Journal of Baltic Studies

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Political support in the baltic states, 1993–2004

Ehin¹

2007

Journal of Baltic Studies

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“…Supporting this view there is much evidence that Russian speakers in the Baltic states view themselves as fundamentally different from Russians in Russia (Zepa 2006;Vihalemm & Masso 2003;Cheskin 2013;Fein 2005).…”

Section: Russian-speaking Nationality?mentioning

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Identity and Integration of Russian Speakers in the Baltic States: A Framework for Analysis

Cheskin

2014

Ethnopolitics

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Abstract:Following a review of current scholarship on identity and integration patterns of Russian speakers in the Baltic states, this article proposes an analytical framework to help understand current trends. Rogers Brubaker's widely-employed triadic nexus is expanded to demonstrate why a form of Russian-speaking identity has been emerging, but has failed to become fully consolidated, and why significant integration has occurred structurally but not identificationally. By enumerating the subfields of political, economic, and cultural 'stances' and 'representations' the model helps to understand the complicated integration processes of minority groups that possess complex relationships with 'external homelands', 'nationalizing states' and 'international organizations'. Ultimately, it is argued that socio-economic factors largely reduce the capacity for a consolidated identity; political factors have a moderate tendency to reduce this capacity; while cultural factors generally increase the potential for a consolidated group identity.

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“…Indeed, a number of studies have shown that Russian speakers in the Baltic states consider themselves to be very different from Russians in Russia (Vihalemm & Masso 2003;Zepa 2006). Nevertheless, even with what Melvin (1995) terms the 'Balticization' of Russian speakers in the Baltic states, there are nonetheless clearly visible divisions between popular projections of identity of Russian speakers on the one hand, and the 'core nations' (Estonians/Latvians/Lithuanians) on the other.…”

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Exploring Russian-Speaking Identity from Below: The Case of Latvia

Cheskin¹

2012

Journal of Baltic Studies

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Identity dynamics of Russian-speakers of Estonia in the transition period

Cited by 38 publications

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Political support in the baltic states, 1993–2004

Political support in the baltic states, 1993–2004

Identity and Integration of Russian Speakers in the Baltic States: A Framework for Analysis

Exploring Russian-Speaking Identity from Below: The Case of Latvia

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