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Russian studies is an interdisciplinary field crossingpolitics,history,culture,economics, andlanguages of Russia and its neighborhood, often grouped underSoviet and Communist studies. Russian studies should not be confused with the study of theRussian literature or linguistics, which is often a distinct department within universities.
In university, a Russian studiesmajor includes many cultural classes teaching Russian politics, history,geography, linguistics,Russian language, literature, and arts. Mysticism andfolklore are commonly studied, the introduction ofChristianity, rule under the tsars and expansion ofRussian Empire, later rule under communism,history of the Soviet Union, and its collapse and studies about present-day Russia.
Russian studies rose in prominence during the Cold War, but experienced a decline after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Aggressive behavior by Russia, particularlyits invasion of Ukraine, led to increased attention to Russian studies[1] and a reevaluation of its precepts in terms ofdecolonization.[2][3][4]
In the year 1897, During the last Emperor's reign of Russia,[5] Czar Nikolai II implemented the public school system in Russia that had a population of 125 million people, but only around 26.5 million were literate in reading or writing. After his reign was over, Joseph Stalin took position of leader of the Soviet Union in the 1930s.[6] He emphasized the industrialization of reform and need for engineers and scientists, which have led to Russia now being in the top 5 countries to rank #1 in Physics regional research reputation.[7] The reform of their education system came from being 21.2% literate to 99.69% in 2021.[8]
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