Abstract
SUMMARY This paper discusses the complex ethnic situation in the late Russian Empire and the early Soviet Union as seen by Russian émigrés. Observers from many political perspectives identified that, whereas ethnic minorities often had a relatively well-developed sense of national identity within the empire/union, “Russia” was relatively undeveloped in terms of self-identification. This paradox affected both Soviet policy and émigré observers.
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