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Making Tea Russian: The Samovar and Russian National Identity, 1832-1901

Yoder, Audra Jo
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240596270

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
Over the course of the nineteenth century, tea was transformed from an aristocratic luxury to an everyday household commodity in Russia. Concurrently, the samovar (a metallic vessel of obscure origin, used to heat water for tea) rose to prominence as an everyday household item and a potent symbol of Russian identity. Since neither tea nor the samovar are Russian in origin, the “Russianness” of tea drinking can be analyzed as an “invented tradition” linked to Russia’s developing national identity. This thesis argues that the great writers and artists of the nineteenth century were largely responsible for establishing tea and the samovar as Russian before either were affordable for the majority of Russia’s population. By the advent of the twentieth century, the samovar had become so deeply ensconced in Russian myth and memory that Soviet and post-Soviet Russians believe it to be an obligatory fixture of “old” Russian culture.
Stephen Norris, PhD (Advisor)
Daniel Prior, PhD (Committee Member)
Robert Thurston, PhD (Committee Member)
69 p.
European History; History; Russian History
Tea; history of tea; samovar; Russian cultural history; invented tradition; Russian national identity

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  • Yoder, A. J. (2009). Making Tea Russian: The Samovar and Russian National Identity, 1832-1901 [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240596270

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yoder, Audra. Making Tea Russian: The Samovar and Russian National Identity, 1832-1901. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240596270.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yoder, Audra. "Making Tea Russian: The Samovar and Russian National Identity, 1832-1901." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240596270

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