The Near Abroad: History and Modernity

After the events of 1991, not only the political map, but the entire geopolitical model of the world changed in the USSR. This is due to the fact that open bipolarity ceased to exist: it was replaced by a hidden confrontation, which now captures several world centers. As a result, near abroad was formed around Russia. There was never such a name in history.

The concept of

It is clear that the map of the near abroad is in no way connected with the geographical features of this region. To a greater extent this label was invented by journalists, politicizing it. This is the name of all 15 former union republics that separated and created independent states. Nevertheless, there are several features that are inherent in them, which makes it possible to distinguish this group. The countries of the near abroad are the Baltic republics, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the republics of Central Asia. As we see, this region has features of cultural, economic, spiritual and political plan, which with georafia have no points of contact.

Features of the region

It is clear that the centuries-old location in one state could not but leave a mark on this region, because cultural and economic ties are still intact. It should be noted that almost all the countries that make up the near abroad, immediately united in the CIS. This union is literally post-Soviet, because it includes only the states of the former USSR. In addition, there are a number of other commonwealths, both bilateral and multilateral. The second feature is that throughout the entire region of this region there are Russian and Russian-speaking populations in general. It so happened that several million Russians stayed outside of Russia. Thirdly, it is important to say that the region is close spiritually, politically and economically. Spiritual ties are manifested in Orthodox traditions, in particular in the fact that the relatives are in different states, but do not lose touch. In the economy, it was impossible to destroy all the projects that existed in one country at once.

Trends

The near abroad is again striving for rapprochement, which is happening around Russia as the main "splinter" of the greatness of the former state. This is most clearly manifested in the cooperation of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. While there is no talk of a unified system, the trend is such that interstate relations are very tight. Today, you can almost without obstacles get to neighboring Belarus. In addition, the Russian ruble is gradually strengthening, and soon it will be possible to talk about the formation of a new reserve world currency. In this region, our currency is the most important.

Conclusion

The reverse processes of unification, which have near abroad, indicate that the decision to disintegrate the state was erroneous, and from the legal point of view - illegal. Now it will take a long time to create a unified state around Moscow, which has always been so because of the unity of history, culture, religion and economics. But this is the prerogative of future generations ...