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Thread ID: 10274 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2003-10-05
2003-10-05 10:58 | User Profile
While I don't post here often, I do come here to see what's being posted and this is a great place with some great people (apart from Rban and Ares, of course :disgust: )
I think Henry Ford (I know he goes by the new name, but I don't remember what it is, only what it means) already knows this, but for those here who occasionally go to Skadi Forums (used to be known as Aryan Dawn, but it's changed heaps and it's a lot better now - url is [url]www.skadi.net/forum[/url]), I'm going by the name of Aloysha. Moody Lawless and I are arguing whether Russia is a European country - I'm arguing for, and Moody is saying Russia is Asiatic, [URL=http://www.skadi.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4362]here[/URL], and I think it'd be good to have a few real Russians (I'm an Australian, Anglo-Celt) voice their opinions.
Thanks for your time
2003-10-05 12:35 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Anarch]While I don't post here often, I do come here to see what's being posted and this is a great place with some great people (apart from Rban and Ares, of course :disgust: )
I think Henry Ford (I know he goes by the new name, but I don't remember what it is, only what it means) already knows this, but for those here who occasionally go to Skadi Forums (used to be known as Aryan Dawn, but it's changed heaps and it's a lot better now - url is [url]www.skadi.net/forum[/url]), I'm going by the name of Aloysha. Moody Lawless and I are arguing whether Russia is a European country - I'm arguing for, and Moody is saying Russia is Asiatic, [URL=http://www.skadi.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4362]here[/URL], and I think it'd be good to have a few real Russians (I'm an Australian, Anglo-Celt) voice their opinions.
Thanks for your time
Well if I have a chance I'll debate there. Although I've been trying to limit my activity on the net.
Although here are some excerpts from the 1846 "Studies On The Interior Of Russia" by Westphalian baron August von Haxthausen. These should prove useful.
[url]http://www.cossackweb.com/cossacks/missia.htm#kazaki[/url]
Culturally Russia leans toward Europe. The Russians are a European people and stand at the head of the powerful Slavic race which inhabits more than one-third of Europe. Russia is anchored in the great Christian family of European nations, which is the leader of the human race. Russia received civilization and political forms from the rest of Europe. But with respect to Europe she has no important economic interests to represent; she exports only her raw materials to the European market; her industry cannot compete with that of western Europe. Russia could only conquer, but her conquests would greatly weaken her. There is, however, one paramount interest which Russia must protect with respect to Europe; she must do everything in her power to support and to uphold the principles of law and order, for these are her very own moral foundations. If these foundations were to collapse in Europe, if anarchy were to erupt with full force, it could exercise an incalculable influence on Russia.
And later down when talking about Russia and Asia
Having indicated how Russia's cultural interests incline primarily toward Europe, we should now like to explain in what way her material interests are directed for the most part toward Asia. Russia's position on the border between Europe and Asia ought to be viewed as a true mission of Providence assigning her the task of first transmitting European culture to Asia, and subsequently perhaps Christianity. But this mission will not be accomplished by conquest, but by way of humanity, fellowship, and trade. More and more the empire's center of gravity is inclining toward the east and southeast. The colossal fair at Nizhnii Novgorod may soon become more important than all her commercial dealings with Europe .
So for the most part Russia leans culturally towards Europe, but is often drawn towards Asia. So whether or not Russia is European or Asian is not an easy question to answer. In fact many Russian thinkers like the Slavophiles suggested that Russia(and the Slavs) was in many ways a civilization onto itself.
2003-10-08 07:03 | User Profile
Thanks Perun, I'll read through that.