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How did Russia go from being the most progressive country in the world to being the reactionary land that it is today? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by SankaranSpy@hexbear.net to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] Omniraptor@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah sorry for not being specific it was specifically the phrase "Alexander.. implemented orthodox Christianity" that had me rolling. It happened a bit earlier than that is all.

And the actual crackdowns happened under Nicholas I, specifically as a reaction to secular revolutionary movements in France Germany and Russia at the time. I don't think he cared much about gay people per se but he wanted to strengthen the church as a bulwark against uprisings, and that meant implementing some religious laws into civil ones.

[–] ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah thats fair, my understanding of this isnt great; I just knew the gist of that the tsars trended towards implementing reactionary policies but not the detail of it; do you have any good sources on this?

[–] Omniraptor@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

sources on what specifically?