Rus İmparatorluğu ve Sovyetler Birliği Tarafından Baltık Uluslarına Uygulanan Ruslaştırma Politikaları

Year 2013, Issue: 14, 139 - 160, 01.03.2013

Mehmet Oğuzhan Tulun

Abstract

Bu makale Rusya İmparatorluğu ve Sovyetler Birliği tarafındanBaltık ülkeleri Estonya, Letonya ve Litvanya’nın insanlarına uygulananruslaştırma politikalarını incelemektedir. Bu inceleme çerçevesinderuslaştırma politikalarının detayları ve Baltık insanlarının bupolitikalarına olan tepkileri açıklanmaktadır. Makale ruslaştırmapolitikalarının Baltık insanlarını kontrol altında tutmakta etkili olmaklaberaber kasıtsız bir şekilde Baltık milliyetçiliğini kuvvetlendirdiği vebağımsızlık taleplerini ortaya çıkardığı sonucuna varmaktadır. Bupolitikalar aynı zamanda Baltık insanlarının zihninde derin bir izbırakmış; ve Baltık ülkelerinin Rus azınlığı ilgilendiren vatandaşlıkpolitikalarının oluşturulmasını çok ciddi bir şekilde etkilemiştir

Keywords

ruslaştırma, Baltık ülkeleri, Baltık devletleri

RUSSIFICATION POLICIES IMPOSED ON THE BALTIC PEOPLE BY THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE AND THE SOVIET UNION

Abstract

This article examines the russification policies imposed bythe Russian Empire and the Soviet Union on the people of the Balticcountries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Within the context of thisexamination, the specifics of the russification policies and the Balticpeople’s responses to them are explained. This article concludes thatalthough russification policies were effective in maintaining control overthe Baltic people, these policies had the unintended consequence ofbolstering Baltic nationalism and calls for independence. These policiesalso left a profound impact on the minds of the Baltic people, and heavilyinfluenced the way Baltic countries shaped their citizenship policies withregards to the Russian minority

Keywords

russification, Baltic countries, Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia

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