Compare and contrast Russian cultural heritage to that of the US

iF ONE WANTED TO BE DERISORY OR JUST PLAIN MOCKING ONE COULD POINT TO THE UNITED STATES AS GIVING THE WORLD THE CULTURAL MECCA OF THE HAMBURGER, MC DONALDS AND PEPSI COLA.  THIS IS A TONGUE CHEEK VIEW OF AMERICAN CULTURE HOWEVER THERE IS NO DENYING THAT THE US IS AN ADOLESCENT COUNTRY.

NOW AS THE DEMOCRATS POINT TO THE EVIL EMPIRE THAT IS UNDERMINING OUR SOI DISANT (SO CALLED) DEMOCRACY IT IS WORTH COMPARING AND CONSTRASTING

iN COMPARISON Russian culture has a long history. Russia can claim a long tradition of dividend in many aspects of the arts,^]especially when it comes to literature
Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Turgenev, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky et al 
Pushkin
(1799–1837)Gogol
(1809–1852)Turgenev
(1818–1883)Dostoevsky
(1821–1881)Tolstoy
(1828–1910)Chekhov

(1891–1940)

MUSIC

Tchaikovsky
(1840–1893)Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844–1908)Rachmaninoff
(1873–1943)Stravinsky
(1882–1971)Shostakovich
(1906–1975)

Ballet Sergey Diaghilev, George Balanchine, 

Anna Pavlova

The original purpose of the ballet in Russia was to entertain the imperial court. 

and philosophy, classical music^[ and ballet, architecture and painting, cinema^[ and animation, which all had considerable influence on world culture