concept
Ukrainophilism
Ukrainophile
also: украйнофильство, украйнофил
A 19th-century movement asserting a distinct Ukrainian ("Little Russian") language, culture, and national identity within the Russian Empire, often viewed with official suspicion; named by Likharev as one more of his short-lived total commitments, sandwiched between Slavophilism and antiquarian folklore-collecting.
Reading notes
- On the Road §56 and an Ukrainophile
"Ukrainophile" (украйнофил) designated a 19th-century adherent of the movement asserting a distinct Ukrainian ("Little Russian") language, culture, and national identity within the Russian Empire -- a cause often viewed with official suspicion; its appearance here, sandwiched between Slavophilism and antiquarian folklore-collecting, is one more entry in Likharev's restless catalogue of total, short-lived convictions.