Andreas Kappeler – författare

The "national question" and how to impose control over its diverse ethnic identities has long posed a problem for the Russian state. This major survey of Russia as a multi-ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the Soviet phase. It asks how Russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multi-ethnic empire was and how, finally, these issues related to nationalism.

The terrible events afflicting Muslims in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Tajikistan fill the news, commanding the world's attention. This timely volume offers rare insight into the background of these catastrophic conflicts. First published in German on the eve of the breakup of the Yugoslav and Soviet republics, it is one of the few books in any language to analyze, in detail and in depth, the historical and contemporary situation of Muslims in former communist states and thus clarifies the sources, development, and implications of the events that dominate today's foreign news.In fourteen chapters and an updated introduction, European and North American specialists examine the recent evolution of Islamic expression and practice in these former Communist regions, as well as its political significance within officially atheistic regimes. Representing a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, the authors detail how the modern ethno-religious situation developed and matured in hostile circumstances, the degree of latitude the local Muslims achieved in religious expression, and what prospect the future seemed to offer just before the breakup of the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Overall, the book provides a thorough analysis of the coincidence and tension between ethnic and religious identity in two countries officially devoted to the separation of ethnic groups in domestic cultural arrangements but not in the social or political realm.Contributors. Edward Allworth, Hans BrÄker, Marie Broxup, Georg Brunner, Bert G. Fragner, Uwe Halbach, Wolfgang HÖpken, Andreas Kappeler, Edward J. Lazzerini, Richard Lorenz, Alexandre Popovi´c, Sabrina Petra Ramet, Azade-Ayse Rorlich, Gerhard Simon, Tadeusz Swietochowski

The "national question" and how to impose control over its diverse ethnic identities has long posed a problem for the Russian state. This major survey of Russia as a multi-ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the Soviet phase. It asks how Russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multi-ethnic empire was and how, finally, these issues related to nationalism.

The "national question" and how to impose control over its diverse ethnic identities has long posed a problem for the Russian state. This major survey of Russia as a multi-ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the Soviet phase. It asks how Russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multi-ethnic empire was and how, finally, these issues related to nationalism.

The "national question" and how to impose control over its diverse ethnic identities has long posed a problem for the Russian state. This major survey of Russia as a multi-ethnic empire spans the imperial years from the sixteenth century to 1917, with major consideration of the Soviet phase. It asks how Russians incorporated new territories, how they were resisted, what the character of a multi-ethnic empire was and how, finally, these issues related to nationalism.

Die Ukraine ist im Westen noch immer ein unbekanntes Land. Im 16. bis 19. Jahrhundert war sie dagegen in ganz Europa bekannt. Dieses Buch untersucht das westliche Ukrainebild dieser Epoche, das zunächst von den Kosaken, dann von den Bauern geprägt war.Die Ukraine ist im Westen noch immer eine terra incognita. Dies war nicht immer so, denn vom 16. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert hatte sie einen festen Platz auf der mentalen Landkarte der Westeuropäer. Das frühe Ukrainebild war von den Saporoger Kosaken geprägt, die im damaligen Europa eine wichtige militärische und politische Rolle spielten. Als diese im 18. Jahrhundert ihre Bedeutung verloren, traten die ukrainischen Bauern zusehends an die Stelle der Kosaken. Die Ukraine war nun nicht mehr Teil Polen-Litauens, sondern des Russländischen Reiches und wurde als russische Provinz wahrgenommen. Untersuchungsgegenstand des Buches sind im Westen erschienene Druckschriften, von den Landesbeschreibungen der Humanisten über frühe Zeitungen und historische Werke bis zu Reiseberichten und der schönen Literatur.