Russian Studies
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Russian studies is a field of study first developed during the Cold War
. It is an interdisciplinary field crossing history and language studies. It is closely related to Soviet and Communist studies
. This field has become increasingly common throughout our nations universities and knowledge of Russian language is also becoming increasingly common.
In university, a Russian Studies major includes many cultural classes teaching the student about Russian customs, traditions, superstitions, and common opinion. Additionally, Russian literature and art is explored, giving insight to many of the worlds writers, poets, absurdists all the avant guard of Russian art. Mysticism and folklore is commonly studied, describing how paganism remained strong within Russia throughout its introduction to Christianity in 980 by Vladimir I
all the way to the present day when in isolated rural villages still ward off the unclean spirits and are wary of intelligence as a sign of something out of the ordinary.
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. It is an interdisciplinary field crossing history and language studies. It is closely related to Soviet and Communist studies
Soviet and Communist studies
Soviet and Communist studies is the field of historical studies of the Soviet Union and other Communist states, as well as of communist parties, such as the Communist Party USA, that existed or still exist in some form in many countries, inside or outside the former Soviet Bloc...
. This field has become increasingly common throughout our nations universities and knowledge of Russian language is also becoming increasingly common.
In university, a Russian Studies major includes many cultural classes teaching the student about Russian customs, traditions, superstitions, and common opinion. Additionally, Russian literature and art is explored, giving insight to many of the worlds writers, poets, absurdists all the avant guard of Russian art. Mysticism and folklore is commonly studied, describing how paganism remained strong within Russia throughout its introduction to Christianity in 980 by Vladimir I
Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, , Vladimir, , Volodymyr, was a grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in .Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty...
all the way to the present day when in isolated rural villages still ward off the unclean spirits and are wary of intelligence as a sign of something out of the ordinary.
See also
- Soviet and Communist studiesSoviet and Communist studiesSoviet and Communist studies is the field of historical studies of the Soviet Union and other Communist states, as well as of communist parties, such as the Communist Party USA, that existed or still exist in some form in many countries, inside or outside the former Soviet Bloc...
- SlavisticsSlavisticsSlavic studies or Slavistics is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was primarily a linguist or philologist who researches Slavistics, a Slavic or Slavonic scholar...
and Slavic studies - KremlinologyKremlinologyKremlinology is the study and analysis of Soviet politics and policies based on efforts to understand the inner workings of an opaque central government. The term is named after the Kremlin, the seat of the Russian/Soviet government. Kremlinologist refers to academic, media, and commentary experts...
and Sovietology - Russian cultureRussian cultureRussian culture is associated with the country of Russia and, sometimes, specifically with ethnic Russians. It has a rich history and can boast a long tradition of excellence in every aspect of the arts, especially when it comes to literature and philosophy, classical music and ballet, architecture...
- Russian languageRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
- List of Russian studies centers
- Area studiesArea studiesArea studies are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what are, in the practice of scholarship, many heterogeneous fields of research, encompassing...