title: Russian Imperial Identity in the Reign of Anna Ioannovna and the Birth of the Petrine Myth
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metadata.value: Belousov, Alexander S.
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metadata.value: 2024-02-02T11:27:45Z
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metadata.value: 2024-02-02T11:27:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-09
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metadata.value: Belousov A. S. Russian Imperial Identity in the Reign of Anna Ioannovna and the Birth of the Petrine Myth. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2023, vol. 68, issue 3, рp. 601–613. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.303
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.303
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44760
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metadata.value: The paper is devoted to the issue of self-identification of the Russian monarchy of the 18th
  century and its environment. The authorities and elites constantly turned to the symbolic
  practices of succession to Peter I in the process of acquiring a new imperial identity. They
  manifested themselves in various forms: legislative acts, calendar, holidays of Peter’s dates,
  illuminations, etc. The personality of Peter I and adherence to his ideas formed a certain
  consensus within the political and economic elite, in connection with which the image of
  the first Russian emperor began to play one of the fundamental roles in the communicative
  strategies of Russian monarchs of the 18th century. The reign of Anna Ioannovna became
  a bifurcation point for the mechanism of political self-identification and continuity of the
  Russian imperial power. In response to the political crisis of 1730, the cult of Peter the Great
  began to be formed, reflecting the imperial idea of Russia. Anna Ioannovna, taking advantage
  of the Russian military success in the 1730s, revised the cult to in order to build her own original
  ideological narrative. It involved emphasizing the empress’s virtues and presenting Russia as
  the main defender of the Christian world. A subsequent attempt to “debunk” the Petrine cult,
  on the contrary, led to its strengthening, both among the Russian political elite and a wider
  strata (guards and officer corps). This finally formed the Petrine myth. The personality of
  Peter I turned into something transcendent for the political system of the Russian Empire.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 68; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Peter I
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Anna Ioannovna
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian monarchy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: imperial identity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Peterhof
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Russian Imperial Identity in the Reign of Anna Ioannovna and the Birth of the Petrine Myth
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metadata.value: Article
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