Russian Fascism: Eurasianism and Beyond. Airth from 1920s-1940s to Now

Abstract

Eurasianism was and continues to be the most viable and influential version of Russian fascism. It was conceptualised in the 1920-1940s but remains to be an attractive socio-political narrative in modern Russia, especially since the 1990s when both Eurasianism and Russian fascism had the “resurrection” after the demise of the Soviet Union. In Eurasianism, Russian nationalism is substituted by Eurasian “super-nationalism.” Opposing the concept of Eurasian super-nation to Marxist ideology of proletarian internationalism is the core element of Eurasianism. All five features of fascism marked out by Michael Mann, can be easily distinguished in Eurasianism. In today’s Russia, Eurasianism as a political force starts to attract considerable electoral sympathies despite the disguise of its supporters who carefully avoid using terms “Russian fascism” and “neo Nazism.”