He is not creating the myth of Third Rome, he is reviving it. (Reply #6)

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Response to RFCalifornia (Original post)

Fri Mar 25, 2022, 04:59 PM

6. He is not creating the myth of Third Rome, he is reviving it.

It is the old claim of the Russian Orthodoc Church. With the fall of the Byzantine empire to the Turks, the Russian Orthodox rulers declared themselves a successor to Byzantium, thus claiming to be the successor to Rome (Rome- Byzantium- Moscow). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_third_Rome)

The Muscovite Romanov dynasty had been pushing this concept for centuries, and Putin also became addicted to their Kool-Aid. He imagines it to be his mission to restore the imperial grandure of Mother Russia.

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6 replies	Author	Time	Post
So is Putin trying to create a "Third Rome"? [View all]	RFCalifornia	Mar 2022	OP
I had read that he wanted to recreate the old Soviet Union.	CaliforniaPeggy	Mar 2022	#1
That could be part of it	RFCalifornia	Mar 2022	#2
I had not heard that. And I really expect that he will fall flat on his face! He'd better.	CaliforniaPeggy	Mar 2022	#5
Tsar	Mme. Defarge	Mar 2022	#3
Yep. Just like Kaiser	RFCalifornia	Mar 2022	#4
He is not creating the myth of Third Rome, he is reviving it.	Beastly Boy	Mar 2022	#6

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