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Noun: Slavophilia
  1. An intellectual movement originating from 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed upon values and institutions derived from its early history.
    "The growth of medieval scholarship coincided with the emergence in the early 19th century of Pan-Slavism in the South Slavic and Western Slavic lands and what is called Slavophilia in Russia.";
    - Slavophilism

Type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought

Encyclopedia: Slavophilia