Druzheskoe literaturnoe obshchestvo (problema poiska russkoj nacional'noj identichnosti v nachale XIX v.)

Abstract

The article examines the search for Russian national identity at the beginning of the 19th century on the example of the creative activity of the participants of the Friendly Literary Society. One of the consequences of the French Revolution in Europe was a wave of public disillusionment with the ideals of the Enlightenment and an intensification of the search for a new form of identity. At the beginning of the 19th century, Europeans begin to identify themselves with the nation. The article reveals the structural features of Russian national identity at the beginning of the 19th century based on the study of the speeches of the members of the Friendly Literary Society.