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Definitely, but there still exist such "homo sovieticus" in other ex-USSR countries(Belarus,Ukraine,Transnistria,even Moldova --all decreasingly though--).You a
by sebow 5y ago
Definitely, but there still exist such "homo sovieticus" in other ex-USSR countries(Belarus,Ukraine,Transnistria,even Moldova --all decreasingly though--).You also see this kind of mentality even in some western countries, but I'll stop here since we're getting into touchy politics.
What's kind of funny is that long time ago Putin 'wanted' to distance himself from communism in order to not lose public support,though he always wanted to serve his own interests by carefully choosing his words, compared to someone like Yeltsin who arguably had more attempts at a more 'democratic' approach.
- throwaway98797 5y agoi find the people who left the Soviet Union the longest ago are more soviet than the Russians that remain. When you immigrate you hang tightly to “your” culture it freezes you. sometimes that’s good, sometimes that’s bad. said another way, your identity is fixed on point of immigration while those living in the country have a chance to evolve.