The Russian “House”: An Examination of Post-Soviet Russian Culture in the Times of Putin examines Russian society as considered by the Russian people. This study recognizes the political, economic, and social structure of post-Soviet Russia in the 2010s-era given that the Russian citizenry, the ethnic and the civil, still desires and recognizes the need for reform while still relying on a host of ideas which Russian society and culture reflexively fall back on. This book will examine categorizations as separated into five co-equal “constructs” that this book will posit to be axiomatic of Russian culture and worthy of consideration in further view of the possibility for Russia to one day become a stable and prosperous country without authoritarianism, bloodshed, militarism, or excess nationalism.
This book studies Russian society, culture, and public opinion in terms of what ordinary Russians think about Russia independent of the authoritarian regime of President Vladimir Putin. This study uses Jason Vaughn’s research and work in Russia to build a new model of how to interpret the Russian political system.
