A number of authors—from a broad array of voices, including international academic experts on Russia, the originators of the term “imperial nationalism” and political commentators, to sincere apologists of the idea of the uniqueness of “Russian civilization” and the in-house propagandists of the current regime in the Russian Federation—frequently assert that, at various points in history from the 15th century to the present day, there have existed forms of statehood based on the idea of the priority of the organic interests of the Russian nation. Apologists for this thesis construct diverse argument systems which supposedly confirm their assertion. They draw upon the works of certain past historians (for example, Vasily Klyuchevsky’s reflections on the construction by Grand Prince Ivan III of a prototype of a “people’s Russian state” as a “striving for political unity on a popular basis”), interpretations ofEmperor Alexander III’s “russification” policy, quotations from Stalin’s speeches and toasts, public statements by representatives of the executive power of the Russian Federation, … and even song lyrics by modern pop performers. Often, the aforementioned thesis is used either as propaganda for supporting the existing political regime—allegedly consistently representing the interests of Russian people—or for the purpose of creating a false impression of an a priori consent on the part of the Russian population to all social, economic, and political processes occurring in the Russian Federation. An unbiased and measured analysis of both this thesis and the factual circumstances of the historical and current state of the organic interests of the Russian population in the RF forces any independent researcher to reach completely opposite conclusions.