Throughout the eighteenth century, the Russian elite assimilated
the ideas, emotions, and practices of the aristocracy in Western
countries to various degrees, while retaining a strong sense of
their distinctive identity. In On the Periphery of Europe,
1762-1825, Andreas Schoenle and Andrei Zorin examine the principal
manifestations of Europeanization for Russian elites in their daily
lives, through the import of material culture, the adoption of
certain social practices, travel, reading patterns, and artistic
consumption. The authors consider five major sites of
Europeanization: court culture, religion, education, literature,
and provincial life. The Europeanization of the Russian elite
paradoxically strengthened its pride in its Russianness, precisely
because it participated in networks of interaction and exchange
with European elites and shared in their linguistic and cultural
capital. In this way, Europeanization generated forms of
sociability that helped the elite consolidate its corporate
identity as distinct from court society and also from the people.
The Europeanization of Russia was uniquely intense, complex, and
pervasive, as it aimed not only to emulate forms of behavior, but
to forge an elite that was intrinsically European, while remaining
Russian. The second of a two-volume project (the first is a
multi-authored collection of case studies), this insightful study
will appeal to scholars and students of Russian and East European
history and culture, as well as those interested in transnational
processes.
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