Autocracy and peaceful strategy of Russia's expansion in Asia in the concept of «easternizm»

Russian autocracy presented ideologists of «easternizm» as a source of particular kinship, a key factor in ensuring Russia's prestige in the eyes of the eastern nations. Russia's prestige in the East, in turn, was to facilitate the peaceful expansion of its influence in Asia. The autocracy in Russia was the result of long-time exposure to Eastern traditions on the Russian political system.