Abstract
The intellectual and political elite discourse, which plays an important role in adopting new ideas in the society, often use the terms expressing abstract concepts. “Internationalism” in the Soviet Russia was one of these terms. The goal of this paper is to analyze the origins of the international discourse in the Bolshevik milieu at the beginning of the 20 th century. This research is based on discourse analysis drawing on the methodology of social constructivism, which considers discourse as a constitutive of the social reality and a social phenomenon. The author concludes that the word “internationalism” had appeared in RSDLP(b) intellectual party elite discourse before Bolsheviks coming to power and laid the foundations for the Soviet Union ideology and policies towards nationalities inside the country, as well as foreign policy. Double orientation of “internationalism” motto (which literally means “between nations”) was linked to Bolsheviks’ recognition of double meaning of the term of “nation” – national minority on the one hand, national state on the other.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
