Nation, Empire-State and Nation-State: Beyond Usual Misinterpretations
Journal: Russia in Global Affairs
Year: 2020

A close look at the history of 19th century Europe shows that the most significant nation-building projects were carried out in the core areas of empires and were closely connected with the development of these empires and their place in the global system of inter-imperial rivalry. Nations were created by states, and empires supplied these states with resources. All key elements of modernity-bureaucracy, industrialization, urbanization, etc.-emerged and developed in empires. The Russian Empire w