Russia is also famous by russian painters, literature, composers... I love our poets, especially Vladimir Mayakovsky and Anna Akhmatova. I love depressive Dostoevsky and romantic and realistic painters. I love spirit of fighters which exist in russian literature of "Silver century" - beginning of XX cent. Shocking Alexander Soljenicyn, psychodelic Mikhail Bulgakov and others... hard 90s and famous words "changes! we're waiting for changes" of Viktor Tcoy. That rebellious spirit which grown up my generation. 90s became a middle-step between USSR and Russan Federation. That old men in government, who are so old that even can't talk properly, they ruled our country for years! And now - era of young, progressive people who are ready for changes and do it every moment. Generation of leaders.
If 15 years ago you could be arrested for your "too honest" words, articles or songs about government style of ruling, but today we have total freedom of opinion. Anyone can say anything, write anything, sing anything or organize meetings in the city-centres. It's not an anarchy, it's just a freedom which we were waiting for years and years. There is no common opinion anymore, we're growing "cult of individuality".
But there is another side of new time. Literature also reflects all these changes and people's mood. But I don't see really great modern writers, musicians or poets, whose words would make think. There is only copying of America and Europe, only blond hair everywhere a-la Paris Hilton, short skirts, imitation of Hollywood stars and life goal - "to be rich and famous". Stupid blonds are everywhere. There is no any wisdom, uniqueness, there is no message. Looks like there is no brains in people's heads. People are empty.
Of course, maybe after 100 years our culture will be described in school books with all its features, but the situation which I see today makes me sad.
Earlier it was "cold war" and "iron curtain" between USSR and USA. It was just about 20-30 years ago. It was forbidden even to say or to know something about them. But today we're taking their culture and implementing it to our culture, mixing up everything too much. As much as we're losing our own face and becoming someone else.
Maybe thats why I love Turkey, bacause we're trying to forget all our history and traditions, but they're trying to save it. This is a real brightness and colourness of country. They take something from West, but also properly save everything they have in their culture. Even in literature southern writers don't try to be like europeans, they're trying to explain all the differences and make West just accept their mentality.
West can't understand East. Russia with its mentality is a Eastern country. Without any preparation we just took everything we saw in West. We're not ready but we took it, thats why now our society looks ugly. Europe and USA got all that they have step by step, it took years and years... But we want to do the same, but sooo fastly. Our development degree and our wishes don't match.
Why we want to be like someone else? Why we don't want to save our own uniqueness? Or maybe it's just globalization? Question is still opened.