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In the chaos of 1992 — after the USSR’s collapse — Russians were suddenly exposed to advertising, consumer goods, and the concept of personal ambition. Identifying one’s “true desires” became a survival skill and a path to self-definition. Identifikatsiya Zhelanij -1992- Ok.ru-
The year 1992 was remarkable for several reasons: For researchers of post-Soviet culture, Ok
In Russian psychology and esoteric literature, (идентификация) refers to recognizing, naming, and claiming a desire as one’s own. Unlike Freudian or Western humanistic psychology, the post-Soviet version often blended: For researchers of post-Soviet culture