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In order to understand Russian culture one must realize that it is a unique symbiosis of European and Asian traditions. Russia has part of its roots in European culture where the ideas of goodness, honor, and freedom have similar meaning as in the West. The Mongols, [Tartars, Tatars] conquered Moscow in 1234 and Kiev in 1240, and controlled Russian lands for over 200 years. That brought Tatar blood into Slavic mix, creating modern Russian nation.
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Introduction to Russian Culture at Swarthmore College is a primary distribution course in which students examine developments in Russian culture that have occurred throughout the past millenium. An interdisciplinary approach incorporates visiting lectures from tri-college faculty in relevant disciplines such as Anthropology, Architecture, Economics, Folklore, History, Literature, Music and Sociology. An optional fourth-hour attachment (for an additional 0.5 credits) supplements the course for Russian majors or minors, with readings and discussions in Russian.
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The course is aimed at giving the basic outline of key concepts and problems of Russian culture in historic perspective from the state's inception to the 20th century. The course consists of lectures supplemented by field trips to museums, places of historic interest, theatres, etc.
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Now then, many of Russian last names evolved from fathers' names exactly in the way they did in many European cultures. The only difference was that Russians developed last names AND retained fathers' names at the same time. But this is not such a big difference when you think about it.
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