Word: derzhava
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...bitter public feud that is a Soviet version of the 19th century dispute between Westernizers and Slavophiles, the new Russian nationalists support the notion of derzhava, a strong state, more than they do individual rights and freedoms. They denounce Western culture, "neocolonial" business concessions and attempts to foist a market economy and multiparty democracy on Russia. "Adopting Western political values and thinking has just led this country to disaster," explains Nash Sovremennik editor Stanislav Kunyayev. "The children and grandchildren of the leftist radicals who put Russia through the meat grinder in pursuit of socialist happiness want to do the same...
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