Балканские войны как войны славянские: функционирование одного из символов в публикациях русской прессы
Balkan Wars as Slavic wars: Functioning of one of the symbols in publications of Russian press

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the place of Slavic symbols in the publications of the Russian press during the Balkan Wars. It was the symbols that a significant part of the newspapers used when describing the events. Thus, Greece was forgotten. However, Russian society showed little sympathy for Greece. Slavs became the personification of Christianity, progress, freedom, and anti-Germanism. Due to a number of factors, the symbols of brotherhood and the common Slavic cause were most actively used. When the conflict between Bulgaria and Serbia became obvious, Russian society began to talk about responsibility for the fratricide and the destruction of the common Slavic cause. As a result of the Second Balkan War, voices were heard demanding to abandon the Slavic policy of Russia. However, the role of the symbol of Slavs was too significant to be discarded. Therefore, there were attempts to save the symbol of the Slavic brotherhood and find other reasons for the events.

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