Andreev I. L., Svyatov A. A. Celebrating the 300<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the House of Romanov...

Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal. 2025. № 4 (56). P. 93—106

HISTORICAL SCIENCES

Original article

UDC 929.2Романовы + 94(47)“1894/1917”

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2025.56.6

Celebrating the 300^th anniversary of the House of Romanov — renewing the foundations for legitimate monarchy

Igor L. Andreev, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor
Moscow City University, Moscow, Russia, andreev_hist@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5592-3379

Anton A. Svyatov, Postgraduate Student
Moscow City University, Moscow, Russia, aasvyatov@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4431-5109

Abstract

The article is devoted to the ideological discussion that arose among government officials around the celebration of the 300^th Anniversary of the House of Romanov, in the context of renewing the foundations for autocratic power in the new context of the Duma monarchy’s emergence after the 1905—1907 revolution. Two competing perspectives on this issue are identified: the first was based on the power of tradition and sacredness, a connection to the “land”, while the second was based on the idea of a “democratic choice” of the monarch in 1613. Arguments from both sides of this debate are presented as part of the work of the government Committee for Organizing the Celebration of the 300^th Anniversary of the House of Romanov. The authors conclude that a compromise solution prevailed during the anniversary celebrations, demonstrating not only the sacred but also the representative foundations for strengthening the power of the Romanov dynasty.

Keywords

Historical memory, Nicholas II, Zemsky Sobor (Assembly of the Land) of 1613, the Time of Troubles, the State Duma, Duma monarchy, monarchism, legitimacy.

For citation:

Andreev I. L., Svyatov A. A. Celebrating the 300^th anniversary of the House of Romanov — renewing the foundations for legitimate monarchy. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2025, no. 4 (56), pp. 93—106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2025.56.6.

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