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RUSSOPHILISM — [Noun] A systematic admiration for and ideological alignment with Russia, its culture, or its political sphere. From the combining form Russo- (pertaining to Russia) and the suffix -philism (from Greek -philia, meaning "love of" or "attraction to"). Unlike Pan-Slavism, which denotes a political program of Slavic unity, or the more personal Russophilia, which suggests a general fondness, Russophilism implies a structured, doctrinal veneration for Russia as a singular civilizational force. It is the amber glow of an icon corner in a foreign study, the strategic romanticization of the steppe as a font of spiritual authenticity, and the profound melancholy ascribed to a Tchaikovsky symphony—a cultivated longing for a homeland that, for the admirer, is always partly imagined, and whose understanding is a deliberate romance with a perceived, inscrutable totality.