Russian Prince vs. “German Swine”: Public Slap in the Face, Émigrés, and Local Elites in St. Petersburg at the Time of the French Revolution
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2016
- handle: 10670/1.g16bjm
- isbn: 978-0-87580-747-8
- hal: hal-03588588
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Conation Volition Cetanā International visitors Visiting foreigners Foreigners Foreigners, Visiting Foreign visitors Hours (Time) Domestic pig Pigs Sus domesticus Pig Sus domestica Pig farming Hogs Sus scrofa domesticus Sus scrofa domestica Social conditions Descriptive sociology Social history--Modern, 1500- Ground-rent Rent--Law and legislation Shelter (Humanitarian assistance) Refuge Sanctuary (Humanitarian assistance) Property--Law and legislation PSFs (Professional service firms) Professional service firms Superannuation Pension plans Compensation Retirement pensions Noble families Noble class Peerage Nobles (Social class) Foreign-born population Foreign population Emigrants Foreigners Migrants Case Frenchmen (French people) Human face Pattern Model Sketch, Literary Literary sketch Émigrés Bargains Mutual arrangements Arrangements, Mutual Foreign population Resident aliens Aliens--Legal status, laws, etc Noncitizens Foreign residents Foreign citizens (Aliens) Foreigners Unnaturalized foreign residents Expatriates Enemy aliens Socioeconomic status Social history Salaries, pensions, etcCiter ce document
Alexei Evstratov, « Russian Prince vs. “German Swine”: Public Slap in the Face, Émigrés, and Local Elites in St. Petersburg at the Time of the French Revolution », HAL-SHS : histoire, ID : 10670/1.g16bjm
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The case studied in this chapter deals with the social sphere located between the official cosmopolitanism promoted by the court and rivalries and tensions characteristic of professional corporations. The critical reappraisal of interactions between foreigners and local elites nuances the opposition between aristocratic cosmopolitanism and nascent nationalism—an opposition that informs social and cultural histories of the Russian nobility (Greenfeld 1990). How did Russian nobles feel about their foreign peers who had to leave their country and to abandon property (and rent), and who came to Russia to enjoy ranks, pensions, and honors dispensed by the imperial court? Did the local elite pride itself on its new capacity as the host offering refuge to those who, until recently, pretended to be the role model of the civilized world? These questions will guide my essay in the social history of perceptions of Europeans among Russian elites.