Russia westernised

Byzantion

Lets imagine that during the 18th and 19th century liberal ideas and a large domestic market envolves in tsarist Russia. Furthermore serfdom is abolished much earlier and effective, more people become literate and more open for a free market system. A larger successful Bourgeoisie evolves and shapes the mentality . Eventually the Orthodox Church is in favour of this developement. The now reformed constitutional Russian Empire considers itself as a part of the Western Hemisphere.
 

Lalli

Alexander I was on his younger age pretty liberal. Perhaps somehow could avoid him changes towards conservatism. It could be earliest possible time when Russia could begun evolve as westernised country. Later too is possible.
 

Ithron

CieloPane, because Russia never managed to develop into a fully separate, "Third way" civilization. Its not Western, but it is a European culture. It itself is drawn constantly to Byzantine, Greek and Christianity - which all form the base of Western Europe just as well as Russian culture.
So I'd say:
Civilization: Western
Culture: Russian
More in common with: French, Irish, Italian and Spanish rather than Chinese, Korean, Mongolian and Uzbek.
 

AsGryffynn

Banned
I just wonder why "Western" and "Capitalist" are equated. Can't communism simply find a way to stop the "West" from holding it as a separate thing and be Western anyways?
 

CieloPane

Ithron said:
CieloPane, because Russia never managed to develop into a fully separate, "Third way" civilization. Its not Western, but it is a European culture. It itself is drawn constantly to Byzantine, Greek and Christianity - which all form the base of Western Europe just as well as Russian culture.
So I'd say:
Civilization: Western
Culture: Russian
More in common with: French, Irish, Italian and Spanish rather than Chinese, Korean, Mongolian and Uzbek.
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I meant it in a geografical way, something I perhaps should have made more clearer. :eek:
 
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