Khazar Khaganate in the realms of Soviet academia : From M. I.
Artamonov to L. N. Gumilev and Russian nationalists

J 2023

Khazar Khaganate in the realms of Soviet academia : From M. I. Artamonov to L. N. Gumilev and Russian nationalists

RACYN, Michal

Basic information

Original name

Khazar Khaganate in the realms of Soviet academia : From M. I. Artamonov to L. N. Gumilev and Russian nationalists

Authors

RACYN, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Janus.Net: e-Journal of International Relations, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, 2023, 1647-7251

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Portugal

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

plný text výsledku

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00130774

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.14.1.1

Keywords (in Czech)

Chazarský kaganát; Sovětská akademie; Ruský nacionalismus; antisemitismus; M. I. Artamonov; L. N. Gumiljov

Keywords in English

Khazar Khaganate; Soviet academia; Russian nationalism; antisemitism; M. I. Artamonov; L. N. Gumilev

Abstract

V originále

This paper deals with the reception of M. I. Artamonov's (1898–1972) and L. N. Gumilev's (1912–1992) works focused on the history of Khazar Khaganate and their position in the context of Soviet academia. The paper is based on the prosographical approach to the topic and comparative analysis of primary texts published by Gumilev and Artamonov, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. The main aim of the study is to analyze and reflect on their findings in the broader context of the Soviet academic discourse and intellectual milieu of Russian nationalists. I argue that Gumilev’s radical revision of the history of Khazar Khaganate far exceeded previous Artamonov’s findings and attracted the attention of Russian nationalist groups of the post-Stalinist era mainly due to its antisemitic narrative. Furthermore, despite the ever-present ambivalence of Gumilev’s contact with Russian nationalists during the 1970s, he was heavily affected by the unstable relationship between Russian nationalists and the official Soviet regime. During that time, Gumilev faced strong censorship of his texts, and his most radical revisionist study focused on the Khazaria was eventually published only posthumously in 1993.

Links

MUNI/A/1349/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Ideologie ve slovanských literaturách a kulturách

Investor: Masaryk University, Ideologies in Slavic Literatures and Cultures

Citovat

RACYN, Michal. Khazar Khaganate in the realms of Soviet academia : From M. I. Artamonov to L. N. Gumilev and Russian nationalists (Khazar khaganate in the realms of soviet academia : From M. I. Artamonov to L. N. Gumilev and Russian nationalists). Janus.Net: e-Journal of International Relations. Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, 2023, vol. 14, No 1, p. 1-16. ISSN 1647-7251. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.14.1.1.

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RACYN, Michal. Khazar Khaganate in the realms of Soviet academia : From M. I. Artamonov to L. N. Gumilev and Russian nationalists (Khazar khaganate in the realms of soviet academia : From M. I. Artamonov to L. N. Gumilev and Russian nationalists). \textit{Janus.Net: e-Journal of International Relations}. Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, 2023, vol.~14, No~1, p.~1-16. ISSN~1647-7251. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.14.1.1.

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