Meaning of Rossiian | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of Rossiyan.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“The principle question⟳ that must be asked is what we expect⟳ to record⟳ in the census: a certain nomenclature “of nationalities, national or ethnographic groups” (as this question⟳ has now been put⟳ in the census question⟳) or the presence among citizens of Rossiia (or the Rossiian people) of various forms of ethno-cultural identity that are often multiple and not mutually exclusive?”

“[M]oderate national leaders I interviewed, though in a milder form⟳, echoed their rejection of a common Rossiian identity. […] Thus, [Rafik] Abdrakhmanov and the other moderate Tatar national leaders seek⟳ recognition within a greater Rossiian polity. […] They [Tatars] must also be respected as Tatars – that is, a people with a distinct national culture, a people different from the Russian nation and a greater Rossiian nation. […] It is unlikely that a unitary state, one with a single set⟳ of laws for an assumedly unified Rossiian people, will accommodate the Tatars’ aspirations – or those of other large non-Russian peoples.”

“table 8. Sources of Change⟳ in State Policies on Ethnicity: Germany, Russia, and Turkey […] [“Country”:] Russia [“Counterelite”:] [Boris] Yeltsin presidency (1992–2000) [“New Discourse”:] Rossiian (territorial) nationalism [“Hegemonic Majority”:] 58% (Yeltsin) vs. 40% ([Gennady] Zyuganov) in 1996 elections [“Content of the Reform⟳”:] Passport reform⟳ (1997) […] I will follow⟳ [Valery] Tishkov’s usage of Rossian in English, although a direct⟳ transliteration would be Rossiian nationalism.”

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