Union, but that would be a classic sphere of influence model, which was also combined with the ideological uniformity and the imposition of the so-called small Stalin's or small dictators in East Germany, in Poland, in Romania, and other places. So what you see is that the imperial instinct is the same in the Russian imperial thinkers and the communist leaders. But the way how they go over this imperial project of establishing and maintaining control over a number of nations and politics, their approach differs, at least ideologically, historically and otherwise. So I'm fascinated by how the Russian elite, the Russian people, the institutions of government in Russia came to grips with the collapse of the Soviet Union and attempted to internalize that as a working model of influence over the new Russian Federation, as well as the former Soviet Republics and even Eastern Bloc countries. How long did it take for Russian elites to begin to formulate an idea of what Russia's place in the (28/40)
You are viewing a single comment's thread from: