caa a22 4500 38805350X CHVBK 20180307125100.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/3679297 doi S0080440100011142 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/3679297 Lieven Dominic The Institute of Historical Research, London Russian, Imperial and Soviet Identities [Elektronische Daten] [Dominic Lieven] In a much-cited statement Ernest Renan once commented that the nation was a daily plebiscite. Whereas the state's essence are institutions and laws, the nation exists first and foremost in the consciousness of the population. How strongly a population identifies itself as a nation differs over time and from one section or class to another. The nature of the external challenges facing a community will also help to determine its sense of identity. Though different groups and individuals may all claim membership of the same nation, they may still disagree radically about the institutions, memories, symbols and values which embody that nation and make it worthy of allegiance. Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1998 Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Cambridge University Press 8(1998-12), 253-269 0080-4401 8<253 1998 8 RHT https://doi.org/10.2307/3679297 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/3679297 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Lieven Dominic The Institute of Historical Research, London NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Transactions of the Royal Historical Society Cambridge University Press 8(1998-12), 253-269 0080-4401 8<253 1998 8 RHT CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge