Meaning of Rossiian | Babel Free

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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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