History of the development of the nation in Russia: formation of the national construct at the end of the XIX – beginning of the XX century

Abstract

In the article there is an analysis of phenomenon of Russian nation through the prism of E. Gellner`s and B. Anderson`s theories. The author proves that the formation period of national construct in our country is the time of the formation of industrial society late 19 – early 20 century when the national issue was developing and Russian philosophers were writing works, affecting it.