This book considers a wide range of aspects of Russian nationalism, focussing on the Putin period. It discusses the development of Russian nationalism, including in the Soviet era, examines how it relates to ideology, culture, racism, religion and intellectual thinking, and its affects on Russian society, politics and foreign policy.

1. Introduction Part 1: Historical and Conceptual Issues in the Study of Russian Nationalism 2. Rethinking Russian Nationalism: Historical Continuity, Political Diversity, and Doctrinal Fragmentation 3. Stalinism and Russian Nationalism: A Reconceptualization 4. Concepts of Fascism in Contemporary Russia and The West Part 2: The "Far Right" and "New Right": Ideological Recompositions 5. Future Prospects of Contemporary Russian Nationalism 6. Dugin and the Eurasian Controversy: is Eurasianism "Patriotic?" Part 3: Intellectual and Sociological Niches of Contemporary Russian Nationalism 7. New Racism, 'Clash of Civilizations', and Russia 8. Electoral Choice, Cultural Capital, and Xenophobic Attitudes in Russia (1994-2006) 9. Fear has Wide Eyes: Why do Russians See Some Migrant Minorities as more Numerous than Others? Part 4: Construction of an Official Patriotism: In Search of a New Ideology? 10. From Belgrade to Kiev: The Hard-Line Nationalism and Russia's Foreign Policy 11. A Religion for the Nation or a Nation for the Religion? Putin's Third Way for Russia 12. Making the Public Patriotic: Militarism and Anti-Militarism in Russia