I always found the idea of Moscow as the "Third Rome" quite fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome [Al

I always found the idea of Moscow as the "Third Rome" quite fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Rome [Also the derivation of Tsar from Caesar]