Third Rome. Imperial visions, messianic dreams. Kalb Judith

Passing comprehensive analysis of such concepts as imperial, religious prophecies and nationalism in literature, Judith Calb addresses the topic of the self -identification of Russia with Rome from 1890 to 1940.

Studying the texts of six writers - D. Merezhkovsky, V. Bryusov, A. Blok, Vyach. Ivanova, M. Bulgakov and M. Kuzmin - the author claims that the myth of Russian (Scythian) Rome not only survived the collapse of the empire and the emergence of a new state, but was revived to create a new national identity.

using the versatility Symbolism and Rhetoric, Russian authors associated with Rome, the modernists tried to integrate the national history of Russia into the archetypal Western narrative and at the same time approve the significance of the role of the eastern partner, which is often neglected.