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The Christian Orthodox religion was chosen on aesthetic reasons. Beauty is also an important aspect of Orthodox Christianity - therefore somewhat related to its mysticism.
It's from Orthodoxy/Russia that Eastern Europe got lots of its superstitions (whistling indoors).
The power of nobles was always great. Therefore moves to squash it (Ivan the terrible, Putin) were considered good.
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It's from Orthodoxy/Russia that Eastern Europe got lots of its superstitions (whistling indoors).
The power of nobles was always great. Therefore moves to squash it (Ivan the terrible, Putin) were considered good.








