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Slavophiles
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The Great Debate of
1830s-1840s |
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Slavophiles: upheld the supremacy of
Russia's cultural and social institutions (the peasant commune, the
Orthodox Christianity, old forms of social life and state
organisation |
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Westernizers: argued that Russia was not
unique and advanced along the European path; eventually it would
close the gap with Western Europe |
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Ideological Polarisation of
the Early 1990s |
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Communists (traditionalists): Russia’s “own way” based on its
Soviet and pre-Soviet past |
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Democrats (reformers): radical liberal solutions based on
Western economic and political patterns |
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Russian
Mentality Paradoxes |
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