Конструирование этнополитического образа: финские “туземцы” и “верноподданные” Российской империи

The article discusses the mechanism of the construction and functioning of the ethno- political image of the Finns in the second half of the nineteenth century. As there were social conflicts between the Finns and the Russians, the Finns were often considered enemies of the Russian empire. This led to publications (among others the collection of stories Finlandskaia okraina Rossii) in which the Finns were described either as only formal or as loyal subjects of the Russian tsar.