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"Scarlet Sails" celebration in Saint Petersburg Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern [1] (Its influence on the formation of Russian culture is negligible, mainly it was formed ...
The term "Authentism" derives from the Latin word authenticus, meaning "authentic, self-made, self-consistent", "consistent with one's own true nature". [4] The adherents prefer not to qualify Russian Authentism as a "religion", but rather as a philosophical "worldview" and a psychological practice, a system of ideas which covers everything from healthy lifestyle to all the aspects of human ...
Slavophilia (Russian: славянофильство) was a movement originating from the 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed on the basis of values and institutions derived from Russia's early history.
In 1934, Maxim Gorky gave a speech to the Union of Soviet Writers arguing that folklore could, in fact, be consciously used to promote Communist values. Apart from expounding on the artistic value of folklore, he stressed that traditional legends and faerie tales showed ideal, community-oriented characters, which exemplified the model Soviet ...
In modern Russia, the term Domostroy has a pejorative meaning. It is used in such classic texts as Herzen's My Past and Thoughts and Turgenev's Fathers and Sons to refer to a traditionalist way of life associated with patriarchal tyranny, as exemplified by the following quotations: "A wife which is good, laborious, and silent is a crown to her husband."
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. According to the Russian law, any religious organisation may be recognised as "traditional", if it was already in existence before 1982, and each newly founded religious group has to provide its credentials and re-register yearly for fifteen years, and, in the meantime until eventual recognition, stay without rights.
The historian Marlène Laruelle similarly noted that Rodnovery in Russia has spread mostly among the young people and the cultivated middle classes, that portion of Russian society interested in the post-Soviet revival of faith but turned off by Orthodox Christianity, "which is very institutionalized, moralistic" and "out of tune with the ...
[1] [2] Buddhism is considered to be one of Russia's traditional religions and is legally a part of Russian historical heritage. [3] Besides the historical monastic traditions of Buryatia , Tuva and Kalmykia (the latter being the only Buddhist-majority republic in Europe ), the religion of Buddhism is now spreading all over Russia, with many ...