Russian civilization
Russian civilization — civilization, formed by Russians,[1] main civilization of multicivilizational Russia.[2] Described in literature as significant for the Russian civilization is often the Russian soul.[3] Russian civilization is related to Russian philosophy, ideas of Slavophilia and paganism of Pan-Slavism, Finno-Ugrian people and Turkfolks. Eastern Orthodox Church is a elementar factor of Russian civilization. Therefore the folks and cultures of Eurasia played in many phases a role in the formation of Russian civilization. In many phases the peoples of Russia developed independently from Europe and Asia because many regions of Russian lands were unknown to them. [4] The core of Russian identity was shaped by Slavic, Tatar, Finno-Ugrian, Viking and steppe people for more than 1000 years.
Definition
Russian civilization can be defined differently:
- Todays Russia, its culture and so its civilization was formed by the following phases of Russian history: Russkiy Kaganate, Kievan Rus', Muscovite Rus', Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Russia/Soviet Union and Russian Federation.
- according to Samuel P. Huntington a russian subcivilization is a product of Byzantine influence, Mongol rule and the identity of Kievan Rus[5]
- according to Philip Bagby — one of the peripheral civilizations[6]
- sometimes it is stated as "journalistic-folklore mythologem"[7]
Toynbee regarded Russian civilization as having modest cultural achievements, but as something complete, Danilevsky and Spengler described it more as a phenomenon of the future,[8] the latter believed that government reform of Peter the Great did not meet the traditions of Russian civilization.[9]
Plekhanov and Berdyaev believed that Russian civilization occupies a border position between East and West. Solovyov believed that the mission of Russian civilization in the unification of East and West, and the Eurasians consider it as some third force.[10]
Some consider communism alien to traditional Russian values, others believe that the USSR was an incarnation of traditional Russian civilization.[1][11] Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality is similar to communist partijnost` (patry-mindedness), idejnost` (ideology-mindedness) and populism.[12]
References
- М. Н. Свистунов. "РОССИЙСКАЯ ЦИВИЛИЗАЦИЯ И ПРАВОСЛАВИЕ: ДИАЛЕКТИКА ИХ ВЗАИМООТНОШЕНИЙ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ". mosgu.ru (in Russian). Moscow University for the Humanities. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
ʻРусская цивилизацияʼ — это характеристика цивилизации по основополагающему, коренному народу, ее создавшему - русскому народу, всегда составляющему подавляющее большинство населения страны
- Лексин Владимир Николаевич (2018). "Русская цивилизация и русский народ" (2 (13)) (Журнал Института Наследия ed.). Cite journal requires
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- Юрий Годин (2019). Россия – Запад. Как сберечь Русскую православную цивилизацию (ситуационный анализ). Litres. p. 26. ISBN 5041842000.
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- Владимир Лексин (2018-01-11). "Русская цивилизация: феномен или фантом?" (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- A. L. Kroeber (2011). Checklist of Civilizations and Culture. Transaction Publishers. p. 53. ISBN 1412818532.
- Горелов Анатолий Алексеевич (2017). "Ф. М. Достоевский: русская идея и русский социализм" (1) (Знание. Понимание. Умение ed.). Cite journal requires
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- Yuri Glazov (2012). The Russian Mind Since Stalin’s Death. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 222. ISBN 9400953410.