Environmental Protests and National Identity in a Multinational State: Green Nationalism in the USSR and Modern Russia
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of green nationalism as a socio-political phenomenon combining environmental and nationalist aspects through the analysis of environmental protests in national communities. The paper investigated the evolution and dynamics of environmental protests in the republics of the USSR during the period of perestroika, as well as modern environmental movements in Russian regions (Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug). The main focus is on how environmental protests are intertwined with nationalist ideas, turning into a tool for political mobilization. The research methodology is based on historical, discursive, comparative and content methods of analysis, which made it possible to study the evolution of green nationalism, as well as identify regional features and general patterns of protest activity. In conclusion, the correlation of green and resource nationalism in the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods is noted. These areas may conflict, but they are able to integrate during a period of political mobilization and defending national interests. The basis for overcoming internal contradictions and strengthening the unity of society in a multinational state can be an identity based on multiethnic, multi-confessional and cultural diversity. The main conclusions of the study emphasize that the causes of green nationalism is an important factor in preventing the radicalization of political sentiment in the country. The development of green patriotism as a more constructive and progressive alternative to the development of national communities will help to play a key role in this.
Author: E. N. Karatueva
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407417348