Quoting: Atilla
Truhlei,
Well, i don't know really. May be you are right. I think the extermination of noble elite in Russia won't be reimbursed ever. Gas tycoons (i used to work at Gazprom for some time) don't have a chance. Their childrean or children of their children - probably.
Atilla I'm sure we have a wrong idea of szlachta and Rissian nobility.
The image of these classes in the 19 century doesn't give us anything. To think about nobility or szlachta exploring the examples of the 19 century is the same thing that to learn about Helsinki
1952Olympic Games sportsmen preparation studying one of its champions today when he is after 70.
Nobility as well as szlachta were efficient in 16-17 centuries when their manners and education wasn't much higher than the lewel of peasants.
As to szlachta it can't be compared with Russian or Western nobility. It is a unique phenomenon. It wasn't a class or social group. It was a little people (some 15 per cent) within tle big people.
It is sometimes similar to communist party in totalitarian countries/ I mean social duties and prospects for career only for party members. I don't mean communist ideology by itself although the antihuman ideas turned communist states to totalitarian existence without any Golden Liberty for anybody.
It is quite possible now to establish an irregular forces with organization and honour tribunals. The participants will occupy all profitable posts in state politics or business and won't permit penetration of no-irregulars. That's the szlachta as well as nobility algorytm.
15 per cent will signify its penetration into all spheres. All major public servants, all major military officers (from major) all businessmen and all major managers. And volunteers downstairs as szlachta golota.
Everything is prepared for this. Everibody will join to have success and take duties. Such group (for Russia some 20 million) will controle everything and rebels will become impossible as well as reforms won't take into account lumpens' protests.
Poland and Litwa can teach us. Not contemporary one.