Russia’s identity debate between Westernizers and Eurasianists reemerged after communism collapsed

Evidence

With the end of the Cold War, Russia again became a “torn” country with the reemergence of the classic struggle between Westernizers and Slavophiles. For a decade, however, the trend was from the former to the latter, as the Westernized Gorbachev gave way to Yeltsin, Russian in style, Western in articulated beliefs, who, in turn, was threatened by nationalists epitomizing Russian Orthodox indigenization. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 256 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Soviet communism reframed Russia’s identity debate as Europe’s left-right argument; The Russian internal identity debate relocated to Europe as a left-right contest — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 386; Post-Soviet Russia relapsed into the classic Westernizer versus Slavophile divide — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 256 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Post-Soviet Russia relapsed into the classic Westernizer versus Slavophile divide #expands (0.92) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 256
• Civilizational identity replaced communist ideology as a dividing force after 1989 #complicates (0.73)