Whats your favorite kind of Russia?
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Delvestius
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Early Kieven Rus, because it was basically bad-ass Vikings opening trading posts and subjugating local Slavic tribes.
If you don't count that, then I'm am quite fond of the dynamics and effects of Russia under the Mongols.
If you don't count that, then I'm am quite fond of the dynamics and effects of Russia under the Mongols.
Zioneer
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Agreed; with the caveat that if Khazaria counts, I'm in favor of that one more. Kievan Rus is always awesome though.
I say Tsarist, for nostalgic reasons I suppose. I suppose I'm a bit partial to the image of a strong, semi-authoritarian and powerful yet relatively conservative Russia, much like the empire that existed after the liberation of the serfs but prior to the revolution. I like this Russia because it is a very influential country yet retains a mystique; it is not totally open to the outside and its society is somewhat exotic to western Europeans. At the same time, it is familiar in other ways (such as its excellence in fine arts and architecture) and is not nearly as closed and frightening as it was under Lenin and Stalin. In my opinion, this Russia stands out not as just another European empire, not as a backwards totalitarian society of czars and serfs not as the arch-enemy of Western capitalism and not as an ailing superpower but as a category all its own: the proud Russian Empire.
I like the Tsarist Russia best. Although I've heard people suggest a Jewish Russia which would be interesting.
Back in the USSR,
You don't know how lucky you are!
Because its something radically different from what became before and after, the first communist state and when Russia was its most interesting.
Runner-up
Kievan Rus, particularly before converting to Christianity. As said enough badass Vikings with a Slavic angle!
You don't know how lucky you are!
Because its something radically different from what became before and after, the first communist state and when Russia was its most interesting.
Runner-up
Kievan Rus, particularly before converting to Christianity. As said enough badass Vikings with a Slavic angle!
I like to imagine Russia as something like eurasian U.S. with "Slavic Spirit", and Poland as Russia's "younger brother"-I happened to be Polish russophile-strange combination, I know.
Post-revolution Wild West style civil war anarchy Russia. The last time cavalry was badass.
I dunno, really. Granted those horses were kind of cool, but there's the cannibalism thing going on there in the background...
Liberal democracy Russia.
