"Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million #NorthCaucasianMuslims fled to the #OttomanEmpire. Some, like the #Circassians, ran from a Russian perpetrated genocide. Others, like #Chechens, #Dagestanis, and others the violence of #RussianColonization."

#EurasianKnot welcomes #VladimirHamedTroyansky to discuss his book #EmpireOfRefugees

https://www.euraknot.org/muslim-refugees-in-the-ottoman-empire/

#OttomanHistory #RussianHistory #colonialViolence #NorthCaucasus #CircassianGenocide #books @histodons @bookstodon @russia

Zionism Wasn't Always Racist. The Trouble Began When Russians Took Over

An interesting article challenges conventional narratives surrounding Israeli political culture, positing that its emphasis on force and expansionism is significantly rooted in the brutal political landscape of late Imperial Russia.

Examining the impact of the Second "Aliyah" (colonial expedition) and the subsequent dominance of Russian-Jewish political ideologies within the Zionist movement, the author argues for a reassessment of historical influences beyond typical analyses of religious messianism or colonial models.

The piece contends that a critical examination of this largely unacknowledged Russian inheritance is crucial for understanding contemporary Israeli policy and for envisioning alternative trajectories.

English https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-09/ty-article-opinion/.highlight/zionism-wasnt-always-racist-trouble-began-when-russians-took-over/00000196-b32b-d9bf-a1b6-fbab7f260000 or https://archive.ph/DhflH

Dr. Ofri Ilany researches the intersections of Jewish history, intellectual history, and masculinity, exploring the complex relationship between early Zionist movements and the first homosexual rights movement in Europe

@histodons #histodons @palestine
@israel
#IsraeliPolitics #Zionism #RussianHistory #PoliticalCulture #HistoricalAnalysis

#OnThisDay, 28 April 1730 OS*, Anna Ivanovna is crowned the Empress of the Russian Empire.

The Privy Council picked Anna as she was widowed and childless. They imposed a set of Conditions through which they would control her.

She literally tore them up, and continued her uncle Peter the Great’s modernisation.

Like many Russian rulers, she could be cruel, vindictive and abuse her power.

*Old Style date

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #RussianHistory

In the 19th century, Russia used photography and cartography not only to document, but to assert control over Central Asia. The Turkestan Album reveals how visual media served imperial ambitions & the shaping of national identity ⬇

https://karafas.hypotheses.org/8015

#RussianHistory #Cartography #hypoverse

#Rasputin was known for his affairs + #ViktorProlubshikov, claimed to be the result of one of them. "My great grandmother was Rasputin's maid. I think she sinned with him.". Viktor also claimed to have Rasputin's healing abilities. A Russian talk show organised a meeting between Laurance Solofioff, Rasputin’s great-granddaughter + her alleged half-uncle. A DNA test proved inconclusive tho there was evidence that they shared a distant relative

#russianhistory #russia #ancestry

Rasputin's Children - Dmitri + Varvara

Dmitri, his mother and his family were eventually exciled to the north where the entire family died of dysentery.

Varvara lived in poverty, unable to accumulate the funds to join her sister. She contracted tuberculosis, then typhus, passing away alone in Moscow in 1925.

1) Maria, Dimitri, + Varvara
2) Varvara
3) Dmitri with his mother, wife and maid
#rasputin #rasputinschildren #dmitrirasputin #varvararasputin #russianhistory #russia #ancestry

Rasputin's Children - Maria

Grigori #Rasputin, Russian mystic, faith healer had 3 children that survived to adulthood: Matrena (Maria), Dmitri (Mitya) + Varvara.

Maria was the only one to escape Russia, having married an admirer of her father's, the couple fled through Asia to Europe. Maria took dancing lessons in excile, becoming a cabaret performer, then a circus act + finally, a lion tamer - until an attack by a bear ended her career.
#mariarasputina #russianhistory #russia #ancestry

Amanhã, a 5 de Dezembro, vamos receber Yuri Slezkine na Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal para uma conversa com Ricardo Noronha sob o mote "Sovietes, Judeus e Poetas".

Entrada livre

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/sovietes-judeus-poetas/

#Histodons #RussianHistory #RussianPoets #YuriSlezkine #Historiography #HistóriaDaRússia #PoetasRussos #Historiografia

Na próxima semana, a 5 de Dezembro, o historiador Yuri Slezkine regressa a Lisboa para uma conversa com Ricardo Noronha sob o mote "Sovietes, Judeus e Poetas".

Terá lugar na Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, com entrada livre.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/sovietes-judeus-poetas/

#Histodons #RussianHistory #RussianPoets #YuriSlezkine #Historiography #HistóriaDaRússia #PoetasRussos #Historiografia