The Slavophile Movement in Imperial Russia (1830s–1880s)

1. Chaadayev ignites the Westernizer–Slavophile debate

   Jan 1, 1836Labels: Pyotr Chaadayev, Telescope journal

   • Chaadayev
   • Britannica

2. Moscow study circles coalesce into Slavophilism

   Jan 1, 1837Labels: Moscow circles, Slavophilism

   • Britannica
   • Orthodox A Z

3. Khomyakov’s Moscow salon becomes a movement hub

   Jan 1, 1844Labels: Aleksey Khomyakov, Moscow salon

   • Khomyakova
   • Britannica

4. Khomyakov writes “The Church Is One”

   Jan 1, 1845Labels: Khomyakov essay, Sobornost

   • ECS listing
   • Khomiakov text

5. Kireyevsky publishes a key Slavophile cultural critique

   Jan 1, 1852Labels: Ivan Kireyevsky

   • Britannica
   • Slavophilia

6. Pogodin urges Nicholas I to defend Orthodoxy abroad

   Jan 1, 1853Labels: Mikhail Pogodin, Nicholas I

   • Nicholas I
   • Britannica

7. Aksakov drafts “On the Internal State of Russia”

   Jan 1, 1855Labels: Konstantin Aksakov, Alexander II

   • Aksakov text
   • Lincoln notes

8. Slavophiles launch the journal Russkaya Beseda

   Jan 1, 1856Labels: Russkaya Beseda, Moscow journal

   • Russkaya Beseda
   • MSU Vestnik

9. Crimean War ends with Treaty of Paris

   Mar 30, 1856Labels: Treaty of, Crimean War

   • Treaty Paris

10. Russkaya Beseda ceases publication

    Jan 1, 1860Labels: Russkaya Beseda

    • Russkaya Beseda

11. Konstantin Aksakov dies, thinning first-generation leadership

    Dec 7, 1860Labels: Konstantin Aksakov

    • K Aksakov

12. Ivan Aksakov edits the newspaper Den

    Jan 1, 1861Labels: Ivan Aksakov, Den newspaper

    • I Aksakov

13. Khomyakov’s anti-Western confessional polemic circulates

    Jan 1, 1864Labels: Khomyakov essay

    • UOregon text

14. Censorship closes Moskva, limiting Slavophile journalism

    Dec 31, 1868Labels: Moskva newspaper, Censorship

    • I Aksakov

15. Beseda magazine revives Slavophile-Pan-Slav discussion

    Jan 1, 1871Labels: Beseda magazine, Saint Petersburg

    • Beseda mag

16. Beseda shuts down after censorship conflicts

    Dec 31, 1872Labels: Beseda magazine

    • Beseda mag