Hovorun, Cyril (2022) Russian World 2.0 and Putin's Spirituality. Religion in Praxis.
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In my publications since 2014, I have repeatedly stressed that the first wave of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine was underpinned by an ideological device known as "Russian world" (see, for example, "Interpreting the 'Russian World,' in Andrii Krawchuk and Thomas Bremer, eds., Churches in the Ukrainian Crisis, New York: Palgrave, 2016: 163-171). This device was originally designed during the 1990s by liberal Russian political scientists. However, in the 2000s, it was taken over by the Moscow Patriarchate, which radically refurbished it and, with its assistance, geared up the conservative turn in both Russian society and the Russian Orthodox Church. The "Russian world" was only partially successful in mobilising popular support to Putin's advances in Ukraine in 2014. With its help, he managed to annex Crimea and waged a war in the Donbas area in the eastern Ukraine. However, he failed to instigate the fully fledged "Russian spring," which, as he hoped, would engulf the entire southeastern region of Ukraine. After such a failure, the ideology of the "Russian world," it seems, was shelved. Only marginal groups continued referring to it. Even the Russian church officially preferred not to mention it.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Public Theology G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox |
| Divisions: | Former Soviet Union > Ukraine |
| Depositing User: | Terry Vanderslice |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2026 07:25 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2026 07:25 |
| URI: | https://ceamol.osims.org/id/eprint/2658 |
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