Russian Writer Evgeny Chizhov: Writers Should Stay away from Both Authorities and Opposition
... and the West. Russia has what I would call a fluid identity, partly Eastern, partly Western. This is, in fact, a good and productive trait, despite the fact that it generates endless debates. The country is in a position to take the best from both the East and the West. Obviously, Russian culture of the past three centuries has been leaning towards the West, but its periodic departures from the West are not less productive, as they allow the country to redefine itself anew. What is the Eastern component of Russia’s identity? Mikhail ...
10.09.2018