Radical nationalism in Russia

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Members of the National-Bolshevik Party

The term nationalism in Russia refers to far-right extremist nationalist movements and organizations, however it's often mixed up with fascism in Russia. While this terminology does not exactly match the formal definitions of fascism, the common denominator is nationalism. In all other respects the positions vary over a wide spectrum. Some movements hold a political position that the state must be an instrument of nationalism (such as National-Bolshevik Party, headed by Eduard Limonov), while others (for example, Russian National Unity) resolve to vigilante tactics against the perceived "enemies or Russia" without going into politics.

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An anti-nationalism rally in Moscow

The surge of this kind of activism was a byproduct of perestroika and glasnost, but the roots may be traced back into the history of Imperial Russia, to the times before the very notion of "fascism" was formulated.

Liberal political parties and human rights groups struggle to oppose these developments.

NBP member with an issue of Another Russia by Eduard Limonov

Parties, organizations, movements

• Black Hundred
• Eurasianism
• Mladorossi
• National Alliance of Russian Solidarists
• National-Bolshevik Party
• Neo-Nazism in Russia
• Pamyat
• People's National Party (Russia)
• RONA
• Russian All-Military Union
• Russian Corps
• Russian Liberation Army
• Russian Liberation Movement
• Russian National Socialist Party
• Russian National Union
• Russian National Unity
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Union of Associations of Russian Compatriots in Estonia
• White movement

See also

• Anti-anarchism
• Anti-national sentiment in Russia

External links

• Western Perceptions of Russian Nationalism (or this link)
• Russian Nationalism and Putin's Russia (or this link)
• On menace of nationalism in Russia. "Yabloko" Party view (in Russian)
• Vladislav Kelle. Nationalism and the future of Russia (in Russian)

Bibliography

• Stephen D. Shenfield. Russian Fascism: Traditions, Tendencies, Movements, 2001
• А. Л. Янов. Патриотизм и национализм в России. 1825-1921. М., Академкнига, 2002
• Г. Кожевникова. Радикальный национализм в России: проявления и противодействие