Panteleev, O.E. Russian statehood and integration processes in the Eurasian territory

Abstract: The current year was announced the Year of Russian History, and this is a good reason to think about the modern problems from the standpoint of formation and development of the Russian statehood, which was always characterized by national unity. For many centuries Russia has been providing its protection to various tribes and peoples of the vast Eurasian space – from the Western borders to the Chukotka and from the Northern Arctic Ocean to Kushka, while preserving cultural and language identity of these tribes and people. As a rule the Russian assigned governors knew languages and habits of their territories of Russia (or later the USSR), and considerable financial, material and intellectual resources were put into the economic and social development of the annexed territories.

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