Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality

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Together known as Official Nationality, Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality (Правосла́вие, самодержа́вие, и наро́дность, "Pravoslavie, Samoderzhavie, i Narodnost") were the guiding principles of public education in the Russian Empire, proposed by Russian Minister of Education Count Sergey Uvarov in his report to Nicholas I of Russia. The policy was adopted by Nicholas I in 1833.

[edit] Meaning

Orthodoxy - preservation of traditional religious faith, respect of Russian Orthodox Church.
Autocracy - loyalty to the House of Romanov.
Nationality - Narodnost has been translated as nationality, national spirit,^[1] or populism.^[2]. Before its adoption by Nicholas I, narodnost was a central tenet of Russian Romantic writers, the Russian expression of a principle more often called Romantic nationalism.^[3]

[edit] Notes

^ Hutchings, Stephen C. (2004). Russian Literary Culture in the Camera Age: The Word as Image. Routledge, 86.
^ Thompson, Ewa M. (1991). The Search for Self-definition in Russian Literature. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 98.
^ O. I. Senkovskii and Romantic Empire