11-16-2019, 04:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-16-2019, 04:39 AM by Bill the Piper.)
(11-14-2019, 12:44 AM)Teejay Wrote: Overall westernization in Eurasia has not changed the fundamental identity of the peoples. Because pretty much don't see themselves as being 'Westerners'. While the Poles, Baltic Peoples, Moldvians, along with some extent Urkanians and Belrrusians see themselves as 'Westerners'.
No, the connection is much older:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_o...f_Vladimir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novgorod_Republic
I've read an essay by Tsiolkovsky, where he criticises his fellow Russians for admiring the West too much, of course he meant progressive and scientifically oriented ones. Iran or Persia? They weren't even mentioned.
You can have political connection without cultural connection, though. The America-Japan bond is a good example on the democracy side, just like the current Russia-Iran bond on the tyranny side. Culturally Japan is way closer to China, but politically they are opposed to each other because Japan is a democracy and China is a tyranny. Ukraine and Russia are currently enemies for this reason, not because of alleged Iranian influences in Russian culture.