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Window to the West is an international political catchphrase . It was created around 1700 and describes the Russian efforts to maintain a free and accessible trading port on the Baltic coast. The desire for a window to the west was the cause of the war with Sweden in the Great Northern War . Only with the founding of Saint Petersburg did Russia have its own port again, which at the same time maintained extensive connections to the west, after it had actually occupied an inland position since 1617 and was cut off from the rest of Europe.
The word window to the west also stands for the modernizers of Russia based on the western model, who are based mainly in the north-western part of Russia. It is in tension with the orthodox keepers of the old Russian way of life, for which central Russia formed and is the basis.
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- Christina Langner: The natural and cultural wonders of the world: all natural and cultural sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List , Chronik-Verlag, p. 160