Russian Culture: from Stalin's Death till Perestroika
The state has recourses for human space flights, sports champions training and persecution of dissidents. But not for culture. Culture goes underground and flourishes there. No one believes in the official ideology anymore and people are ready for a change.
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.
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
