THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE EMPIRES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 20TH CENTURY: A THEORETICAL PROBLEM
THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE EMPIRES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 20TH CENTURY: A THEORETICAL PROBLEM
Author(s): Dmytro BondarenkoSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Nationalism Studies, History of Communism
Published by: Ovidius University Press
Keywords: The Russian Empire; Austria-Hungary; the USSR; Yugoslavia; the dissolution of the empire; Nationalism; Nation-state building;
Summary/Abstract: Every empire falls, while being defeated by nationalism. The traditional dynastic empires such as the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary were dissolved as a result of social revolution and national self-determination. Besides that, the ideological factor also played a prominent role in their disintegration; for instance, such a revolutionary ideology was Pan-Slavism in the case of Austria-Hungary and Communism in the case of Russia. As a result, the ideological type of empire arose on the territory of the former empires: the USSR and Yugoslavia; those, when their ideology failed, got defeated by nationalism and collapsed.
Journal: Revista Română de Studii Eurasiatice
- Issue Year: 19/2023
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 49-60
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English