On the Nation-Specific Features of Modernization in Russia

The article offers information on the features that contribute to the modernization in Russia. It discusses various value structure theories from various persons. It says that from the analysis of world survey statistics, Yevgeny Yasin concluded that Russians are more conservative compared to other western countries. Details regarding the mentality of Russian people are discussed including Russians' high score on cycloid scale and their tendency to fulfill their task at the last moment. Moreover, it says that Russia's activist theories, Karl Polanyi and Douglas North's path dependence theory, and the global world system theory as a new phase to human civilization's history are important features to the country's modernization.