title: Volhynian Revolution or Emergence of Conspiracy Theories in the Borderlands of the Russian Empire
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metadata.value: Egorova, Kseniia B.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-10-19T16:32:17Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-10-19T16:32:17Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-09
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metadata.value: Egorova K.B. Volhynian Revolution or Emergence of Conspiracy Theories in the Borderlands of the Russian Empire. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2020, vol. 65, issue 3, рp. 710–720.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2020.302
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19920
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This article is devoted to the issue of the emergence of conspiracy theories and their existence
  in the borderlands; the research is focused on the western boundaries of the Russian Empire,
  belonging to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth before its partition. The material relating
  to these territories enables to have a fresh look on genesis of “the conspiracy theories’” in
  society, on the one hand, to reflect on the peculiarity of the borderland as a special cultural
  space, and, on the other hand, to add specific characteristics of “conspiracy theories” of the
  borderlands to the list of contributory factors to emergence of conspiracy theories in society.
  Reference to the west borders of the Russian Empire enables to use the material related to the
  beginning of 19th century, which is important for further development of the conspiracy study
  in Russia. This article centers around the analysis of “The letters written by court counsillor
  Opytov to countess Starozhilova with historical overview of the political mood of the nobility
  in Volhynian governorate”. Life of Volhynian Governorate at the beginning of the 19th century
  is reflected in the letters which contain the exposure of the Polish gentry’s plot against the Russian stateness. The extent of the “historicity” of this document and the possibility of assessing
  the situation in this region based on so-called Opytov’s evidence raise doubts. The performed
  analysis shows that Opytov’s letter was a fiction aimed at a narrow circle of readers familiar
  with the situation in Volhynia and western regions in general. The text of this letter contains
  the encrypted conspiracy narratives, known to Opytov’s contemporaries, which can become
  the key to understanding what type of text it is.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 65; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: conspiracy theories
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history of Russian Empire
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: borderlands theory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: polish history and culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Volhynian Revolution or Emergence of Conspiracy Theories in the Borderlands of the Russian Empire
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metadata.value: Article
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