Asymmetrical Neighborhood of the Empire and a Small Nation in the Far North: The Image of the Russian “Otherness” and Russian-Swedish/Norwegian Relations in the 19th — Early 20th Centuries
Journal Title: Arctic and North - Year 2024, Vol 57, Issue 57
Abstract
The work examines the features of relations between the Russian Empire and Sweden and Norway in the context of the asymmetric proximity of the 19th - early 20th centuries. The authors have analyzed and identified specific features characteristic of the asymmetrical neighborhood of the empire and a small nation, as well as factors in the formation of ideas about the “Russian threat” to Sweden and Norway during this period and have traced the stages and dynamics of the transformation of these ideas in the Scandinavian countries. Russian-Norwegian and Russian-Swedish relations go back several centuries of asymmetrical proximity, contacts and conflicts, which, of course, influenced the formation of images of the “eastern neighbor”. The Swedes and Norwegians’ fears and expectations, based on perceptions of themselves, about their collective “Self”, contributed to the formation of images of the Russian “Otherness”, the attitude towards which was ambiguous and primarily depended on internal preconditions. Therefore, a detailed study of the transformation of images of Russia in Norway and Sweden allows us to take a new look at the history of relations between these countries, as well as to identify the domestic and foreign policy interests of Norwegian and Swedish societies associated with certain images of Russia.
Authors and Affiliations
Zaikov K. S. , Zaretskaya O. V.
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP756314
- DOI https://doi.org/10.37482/issn2221-2698.2024.57.201
- Views 24
- Downloads 0
Eastern Murman: Social Aspects of Colonization in the Materials of Expeditions and Travel Notes of the 2nd Half of the 19th — Early 20th Centuries
The article discusses several social aspects of the colonization of Eastern Murman (everyday life, daily work, religious beliefs, schooling, leisure). The historiographic analysis made it possible to identify the specifi...
Dialectal Diversity of the Arkhangelsk Oblast: Thematic Dictionary and Digital Platform
The article discusses the “Thematic dictionary of Arkhangelsk dialects”, which is a single-dialect, non-differential explanatory dictionary, and the digital platform that supports the printed materials of this dictionary...
“Cultural Compass” of International Sociological Ratings on the “Organizational Culture” of the Arctic States
The article is devoted to a comparative analysis of open data from international sociological Internet resources (Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Connecting Viewpoints, Hofstede Insights Ltd) in relation to the Arctic countri...
Formation of Territorial Heat Supply Systems in the Northern and Arctic Regions of Russia
The article deals with the most important problems of the communal complex in the subjects of the Far North and the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The main attention is paid to the aspects of formation of territo...
Arctic Military Posturing and Its Influence on the Development of the Northern Sea Route
The author traces the evolution of military presence in the Arctic by Russia and NATO in the article. He analyses the impact of military posturing on Arctic geopolitics. The author advocates that while military capabilit...