Slavophilism

noun

Slav·oph·i·lism sla-ˈvä-fə-ˌli-zəm

ˈsla-və-ˌfī-ˌli-zəm,

ˈslä-və-ˌfī-ˌli-zəm

: advocacy of Slavic and specifically Russian culture over western European culture especially as practiced among some members of the Russian intelligentsia in the middle 19th century

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Eurasianism and Slavophilism are mostly dead letters: the overwhelming majority of the world’s non-Russian Slavs joined or are clamoring to join the European Union and NATO. —