Eurasianism And The Renaissance Of Russia

Russia, a large country in the world, spans Europe and Asia. As China's largest neighboring country, Russia has a close geopolitical relationship to China. In its history, Russia was a country of expansion, its rise and decline always arousing concerns in the world, and especially for China. In less than a millennium, Russia has pushed ahead, vacillating between the East and the West, in its development. Russia's conversion to the Orthodox Eastern Church, which had its origins in Christianity in the West, in the 10th century AD, can be seen as a prelude to its westernization. From the 13th century, when Russia was under the control of Mongolian Tartars, to the beginning of the 20th century, when the October Revolution took place, Russia went through several upheavals, after which it commenced a period of modernization different from before. However, for less than a century, the Soviet Union collapsed, which caused Russians to re-examine their country's future. The argument over Russia's relationship to the East and the West started in the 19th century, and the alignment to either Orientalization or Westernization remains unresolved. These problems have perplexed several generations of scholars, who have explored the consequences of such an alignment and have come to various conclusions. Despite the diversity of viewpoint, the discussion has influenced in a number of ways the process of Russia's modernization. Since Russia's independence, the desire to reintegrate into Europe has not yet been satisfied; Russians have experienced an overall setback for the country's renaissance and social transition. Thus, another round of rethinking wages in Russian cultural circles. The probe into the path of Russia's development from the perspective of Eurasianism, based on traditional and cultural characteristics, is debated heatedly by intellectuals and politicians. The exploration into Eurasianism and the path to the country's renaissance continues today in Russia. As a precious ideological resource, the Eurasianism trend of thought provides enlightenment in respect of Russia's self-orientation, the selection of the paths to development, and the handling of international relationships.