Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality

Together known as Official Nationality, Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality (Правосла́вие, самодержа́вие, и наро́дность, "Pravoslavie, Samoderzhavie, i Narodnost") were the guiding principles of public education and of the Russian Empire, proposed by Russian Minister of Education Count Sergey Uvarov in his report to Nicholas I of Russia. The policy was adopted by Nicholas I in 1833. These principles led to persecutions of people who were not Orthodox Christians, Liberal reformers, and non-Russians.

Meaning

Orthodoxy - preservation of traditional religious faith, respect of Russian Orthodox Church
Autocracy - loyalty to the House of Romanov dynastic rule.
Nationality - Narodnost is usually translated as "nationality" but has no real English equivalent;^[1] Hedlund writes that it "really means something like a spirit of fusion or of closeseness with the narod, the 'ordinary people,' rather than a sense of belonging to a particular natsiya, or 'nation.'"^[2]

Notes

^ Radzinskiĭ, Ėdvard (2005). Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar. Simon and Schuster. p. 44. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Hedlund, Stefan (2005). Russian Path Dependence. Routledge. p. 357.

Links

Uvarov's report (in Russian)

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[1] Radzinskiĭ, Ėdvard (2005). Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar. Simon and Schuster. p. 44. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[2] Hedlund, Stefan (2005). Russian Path Dependence. Routledge. p. 357.

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