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Jiang says Russian civilization is created by three contradictions: Viking/Mongol and Slavic/Tatar identity, Orthodox Christianity mixed with pagan violence, and Enlightenment reform inside brutal empire.
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Russian Contradictions
Jiang says Russian civilization is created by three contradictions: Viking/Mongol and Slavic/Tatar identity, Orthodox Christianity mixed with pagan violence, and Enlightenment reform inside brutal empire.
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"And this sort of instigates revolutionary sentiment and fever in Russia. And, of course, what follows next is the Great Disaster, the First War,..."
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"These contradictions are, it's both European and Central Asian. Okay? It's both Viking and Mongol. It's both Slavic as well as Tartar. Okay? So,..."
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"But at the same time, it's an empire, and it's a brutal empire. And the Russians engage in a lot of barbarism. So this..."
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