After the suppression of the 1863 Uprising, the ‘Russification of the region’ became an inseparable and very important part of the normative language moulding the Russian Empire’s national policy in the Western Region. At the same time the officials, unlike the publicists, avoided characterising the official policy as ‘Russification’ of other nations, since this term, like, e. g., Polonization in the Russian national discourse, had negative connotations. According to the predominant historical canon, this region was Russian from both the historical and ethnic perspective, and therefore the bureaucracy was inclined to characterise its policy as the restoration of historical veracity. In other words, in order to ascertain the aims of the national policy in this region, analysis of the official and public discourses alone is not enough. Nevertheless, the use of the term ‘Russification’ in public discourse and in part also in official correspondence allows its meaning to be revealed. ‘Russification’ at that time could be understood in a variety of ways: as assimilation, acculturation, or integration. This term frequently had different meanings regarding various minor ethnic groups of the Northwestern Region: in the case of the Belarussians it frequently meant assimilation; regarding Jews, acculturation and integration; in case the Poles, first of all political integration; but the Russification of Lithuanians or Latvians is rarely mentioned.

Numeriai:

2011 - T.57
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2010 - T.56
Nr.1-4

2009 - T.55
Nr.1-2, Nr.3-4

2008 - T.54
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2007 - T.53
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2006
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2005
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2004
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2003
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2002
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4

2001
Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3, Nr.4