A culture between Vikings and Greeks, western kings and asian nomads, with an orthodox worldview built up on Slavic paganism, with Scandinavian and Mongolian elements of social model and governance
73 min
Other videos from this series:
Brief History of Russian Culture (#1)
What is Russian culture? Is it Tolstoy, ballet and Russian avant-garde? Yes. But not only. Let's divide its history into seven eras and look at the main meanings and values in each of them.
70 min
Culture of Muscovite Russia (#3)
Comeback of Russian state after long years of disintegration and Mongol rule
70 min
Russian Culture from Peter the Great till the Defeat of Napoleon (#4)
Europeanization of the elite and epic fail of the Decembrists' revolt who wanted the weakening of autocracy and abolition of serfdom
60 min
Golden Age of Russian Culture (#5)
Search of Russia's 'Special Destiny' and faith in common people. Rapid cultural and spiritual upsurge
87 min
From Socialist Revolution to Totalitarism (#7)
Socialist ideas and avant-garde give way to paranoid totalitarism, the Great Terror, total censorship and cultural isolation
80 min
From Stalin's death to Perestroika (#8)
Era of Stagnation. Culture goes underground and flourishes there. No one believes in the official ideology anymore and people are ready for a change.
69 min