Slavophiles

• Slavophiles

• Unique Russian civilization

• Based on orthodox church, village community (mir), ancient popular assembly

• Superior to Western culture

• Support autocracy

• Pro emancipation of the serfs

• Freedom of speech and press

• Reforms of Peter I alienation from true Russian national character

• Ivan Kireyevsky, Aleksey Khomiakov, Ivan Aksakov

• Many slavophiles later supported

• Panslavic Movement

• Russian Nationalism