Abstract

The thematic section addresses the problem of how Russia, with its deep imperial heritage, political and mental traditions, is (or can be) integrated into the modern world, in which the imperial and colonial principles of coexistence of countries and peoples are clearly being overcome. This kind of "overcoming" does not mean that the hegemony of certain states ceases to be an active factor in politics, but indicates that the right to "leadership in the union" has a different nature than imperial-colonial dependence. It seems to be an erroneous attempt to describe the modern world, the relationship between the center and the periphery in the old terms. Of interest is the study of the attempts of politicians and scientists to describe and present the modern post-imperial and post-colonial situation in concepts belonging to the past era. The time of empires has passed, but the idea, in its transformed form, has remained. ("The dead seize the living"). In the light of contemporary trends, the historical experience of Russia's development of the territories of the Far East also allows for rethinking. In theoretical and methodological terms, the rubric uses the heuristics of the world-system approach, postcolonial theory and mobility theory.

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