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>Can you point to at least one historical analysis which identifies Russia as a colonial empire? Is this even a debate? Do you need an analysis also showing t
by twixfel 4y ago
>Can you point to at least one historical analysis which identifies Russia as a colonial empire?
Is this even a debate? Do you need an analysis also showing that the UK was a colonial empire? The second bit is trivial, it was called the Russian Empire. The first bit is also trivial, they had colonies in North America, for example.
> I associate colonialism with the European conquerors of the world
Russia is (historically) a European country. It only has land in Asia because of imperialism and colonisation.
- blub 4y agoIt’s not a debate, seems more like a fringe theory trying to muddy the waters by making Russian imperialism look like colonialism, because the latter probably sounds worse to the modern average citizen. If you look at e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonialism there’s a really long list of countries under British colonialism. Russia has such a short list, it’s no wonder it’s not considered a (former) colonial power.
- twixfel 4y agoWell Russia's list is longer than Belgium's on that page, so I don't really see your point, unless you wish to argue that Belgium also wasn't really a colonial power?