The Language of Nationalism in the the Newspaper «Utro Rossii» (1907 – 1914))

The project involves the study of directions of discussion about the Russian nation. Some members of the editorial board of the newspaper "Utro Rossii" were not only nationalists, but also advocated the active expansion and colonial activity of the Russian Empire, while other newspaper publicists adhered to more liberal forms of nationalism. Such rethinking of the imperial social hierarchy was related to the new principles of the use of language of the group and the nation. Liberal political language and a critical attitude towards government activities were important for the discourse of the newspapper. For this reason authors of the newspaper opposed chauvinist nationalists. Usage of idioms of various political discourses against opponents created the contexts of a new political language. However, such political imagination presupposed not only a new division into groups within the empire, but also changing of the roles of empire power institutions. State Duma expressing the voice of the people became the center authority and the notion of people (narod) was considered as a key political concept. In addition, it is important to note that the newspaper was published with the money of the Moscow Old Believer and famous businessman P.P. Ryabushinsky, who invited to the editorial board supporters of the interests of leading industrialists, and the principles of religious tolerance.