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Forms of traditional social life (e.g. the
village commune) were destroyed |
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Transition from a rural uneducated society to urban and literate |
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By the mid-1980s a large urban middle class had developed with new
cultural and material requirements |
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New urban sections of population showed high
levels of support for principles associated with liberal democracy
(political and religious tolerance, political liberty, individual
rights, freedom of speech, competitive elections, etc.) |
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Contemporary Russian political culture is an amalgam: it
combines a resurgence of Russian nationalism and Orthodox
Christianity with survivals of the values of Soviet collectivism and
with support for principles associated with liberal democracy |
