Reading 19th century literature makes it seem that the middle and upper class Russians are just a shadow version of the Anglos.>Luv me money and capital>Luv me fashion and dandyism>Luv me philosophy and intellectual pursuits>Luv turning sruff like gossip and legal cases into a grand consumer spectacle>Luv me Officer class who are Chad womnizers>Luv exploiting the rabble to accumulate wealth, sadly they are our own people though
Modern tsarist russia was kino, I will never forgive the commies for robbing us of more of that. Imagine if they spent the 20th century producing culture instead of gulags, black markets for common household items, and propaganda for anti-nuclear shills.
>>18479162It was absolutely amazing. The only downside was serfdom for their own people.
>>18478488>pre communismGreatest literature of all times>post communismnothingreally makes you think
>>18479398Same thing happened with the Third Reich. Now Germany just produces banal crap
>>18479369Serfdom was a part and parcel of the tsardom.
>>18479405It didn't have to be, Serfdom came to Russia late.
>>18479369russia was never a good country to live in for lower classes
>>18479556It good better towards the end doe, Lenin's dad earned hereditary minor nobility status by climbing the academic ranks.
>>18479507But it was. And they were very obstinate about changing it.
