ROSYJSKA MYŚL GEOPOLITYCZNA PO UPADKU KOMUNIZMU
RUSSIAN GEOPOLITICAL THOUGHT AFTER THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION

Summary/Abstract: After the collapse of the Soviet Union many researchers claimed that an ideologicalvacuum had occurred in Russia. The article points out that the communist ideology hasbeen replaced with the eclectic mix of geopolitical doctrines, Russian conservatism andOrthodox religion. Geopolitics has become not only the tool useful for formulation theforeign policy objectives, but also an effective instrument of mobilization of the Russiansociety around defined aspirations, as well as a means of influencing external policies. Aparticular recipient of Russian geopolitics is so-called close abroad (this term refers to theindependent republics which emerged after the dissolution of the Soviet Union) and theRussian minorities living there.

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