Russian attitudes toards Germans (Baltic & otherwise)

[jeff brooks]

For what it is worth, I note the representation of Germans in late imperial
pop fiction in When Russia Learned to Read, in a chapter on representations
of Russian national identity. Cheers, Jeff Brooks

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Vera Beljakova <atacama at global.co.za>wrote:

> "ostzeiskii vopros" -
> Since Richard doesn't read/know Russian
>
> "ostzeiskii vopros" - Ostsee Question / Ostsee Frage
> "ostzeiskii nemetz" - Ostsee Gerrman (Baltic)
>
> On the other hand the Baltic Germans were the mainstay of the
> Russian Empire (military & civil service ...or are these now counted as
> 'russified Germans' ?
>
> A very good publication is that by Dr Michael Katin-Yartsew who wrote
> his doctoral thesis on the 'Baltic German (nobility) in the Service of the
> Russian Empire".
>
> Vera Beljakova
> Johannesburg
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>   Subject:Re: [SEELANGS] A poem of Apollon N. Maikov
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>  Dear Richard,
>
> Since you are researching "late Imperial Russian attitudes towards
> Germans", I thought you would be interested to know that years ago I came
> across a little known brochure by the historian and journalist M. P.
> Pogodin (editor of “Moskovskii vestnik”and “Moskovitianin”) entitled
> “Ostzeiskii vopros” (1869). In this pamphlet, the author addresses
> Professor Shirren, an “ostzeiskii nemets” who occupied the position of Dean
> of the Department of History and Law at the University of Derpt (Tartu).
> Below I quote a characteristic passage in my clumsy translation:
> “For us, all Germans fall into three categories: 1) The German Germans, the
> residents of Germany – we honor and respect them as a first class
> European
> nation. 2) The Russian Germans, those Germans who became russified, who
> serve our state and live among us – we love them and are grateful to them
> for the many services they have rendered to us. 3) The ostzeiskie Germans,
> those who are the most viciously antagonistic to us. Their existence and
> attitude to us well justify the proverb: “One could not make an enemy for
> himself unless one gave him food and drink with his own hand.” You, the
> ostzeiskie Germans, hate us in your hearts. And this hatred is the most
> convincing proof of your own malady.”
>
> Regards,
>
> Yevgeny Slivkin, Ph.D.
> Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
> University of Oklahoma
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