<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> It is demonstrated that ‘Eurasianism’ as an interdisciplinary scientific doctrine and an object-focused area of geographical social science is at its root, generally complementary to the methodology of Russian (Soviet) socio-economic (human) geography, and corresponds to its research tradition. The geo-economic, geopolitical and geo-cultural transformation of the post-Soviet ‘Eurasian space’ is analysed. The geo-concept of a multipolar ‘Mega-Eurasia’ is proposed and justified. It is emphasised that the effective participation of Russia as one of the dominants of the Eurasian space is associated with the non-admission of an extremely undesirable, harmful scenario for Russia as well as of its possible marginalisation and limitation to the flimsy framework of the ‘Russian world’. A hypothetically possible commitment to only one of the existing global ‘power centres’ is also considered to be a losing one.</p></abstract>

It is demonstrated that ‘Eurasianism’ as an interdisciplinary scientific doctrine and an object-focused area of geographical social science is at its root, generally complementary to the methodology of Russian (Soviet) socio-economic (human) geography, and corresponds to its research tradition. The geo-economic, geopolitical and geo-cultural transformation of the post-Soviet ‘Eurasian space’ is analysed. The geo-concept of a multipolar ‘Mega-Eurasia’ is proposed and justified. It is emphasised that the effective participation of Russia as one of the dominants of the Eurasian space is associated with the non-admission of an extremely undesirable, harmful scenario for Russia as well as of its possible marginalisation and limitation to the flimsy framework of the ‘Russian world’. A hypothetically possible commitment to only one of the existing global ‘power centres’ is also considered to be a losing one.

Russia in Modern Eurasia: The Vision of a Russian Geographer

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It is demonstrated that ‘Eurasianism’ as an interdisciplinary scientific doctrine and an object-focused area of geographical social science is at its root,...

Russia in Modern Eurasia: The Vision of a Russian Geographer

Published Online: Dec 22, 2016

Page range: 71 - 79

Received: Dec 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0035

Keywords
Eurasia, Russia, geopolitics, geo-economics, Mega-Eurasia

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Russia in Modern Eurasia: The Vision of a Russian Geographer

Published Online: Dec 22, 2016

Page range: 71 - 79

Received: Dec 15, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2016-0035

KeywordsEurasia, Russia, geopolitics, geo-economics, Mega-Eurasia

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Eurasia, Russia, geopolitics, geo-economics, Mega-Eurasia