On Behalf of the Emperor, on Behalf of the Fatherland
Subtitle: Finnish Officers and Soldiers of the Russian Imperial Life-Guard on the Battlefields of Poland 1831
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9789004303768
Subjects: Soldiers; Finns; Patriotism; Nationalism, europe; Poland, history
Description: "Jussi Jalonen's On Behalf of the Emperor, On Behalf of the Fatherland approaches the Russian suppression of the Polish Uprising in 1830-1831 from a new transnational perspective. The Russian mobilization involved people from the farthest reaches of the Empire, and one notable group was the Finnish Battalion of the Imperial Guard. For the Finnish elites, the war was a demonstration of loyalty to the Tsar, and the service of young Finnish gentlemen in the Russian Guards produced a sense of militarized patriotism. Relying on a rich variety of original sources, this study places the campaign in Poland in the context of the development of Finnish national awareness, providing a unique portrayal of 19th century war experience and nationalism"--Provided by publisher.