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After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Russia remained the largest Orthodox nation in the world and claimed succession to the Byzantine legacy in the form of the Third Rome idea. At points of its history, the country also was strongly influenced by the culture of Western Europe. Since Peter the Great's reforms for two centuries Russian culture largely developed in the general context of European culture rather than pursuing its own unique ways.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_culture
Бедные европейцы то и не в курсе, что мы то ли азиаты, то ли ордынцы, то ли евразийцы, и наивно считают русскую культуру своей, а также спорят, кто самый великий писатель всех времен и народов, Толстой или Достоевский.
