| ID | 177544 |
| Title Proper | Russia and the West |
| Other Title Information | you don't choose your neighbors - or geography as a verdict |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Frolov, A |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Historically, Russia and the West (countries of Western Europe, but now also of Central Europe) are connected by a relationship based on a long-running and complex dichotomy. The great classic novel War and Peace initially exudes a sense of admiration that high society in the Russian empire had for all things foreign (Western), including the ubiquitous use of French in small talk, but in the end, there was the Patriotic War with Napoleon, the largest war in the 19th century. Russia (later the USSR) instinctively tried to catch up with the West, to overtake it in some respects, and to participate in its affairs, and vice versa, but Russia almost always was either at war with it or joined its coalitions. It so happens that over the past 200 years, the most horrible and devastating wars have come from the West. In the Soviet days, the West was anathematized at the official level, while there was nothing cooler for members of the younger generation than to wear American blue jeans, own a U.S.-made portable audio system, listen to American music, and smoke American |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 66, No.6; 2020: p.217-229 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol: 66 No 6 |
| Key Words | NATO ; United States ; Russia ; Germany ; USSR ; West ; U.S |