The experience of culture modernization in Russia and Japan

Relevance of a subject of a research is caused by current trends of cultural development in the conditions of globalization when all cultures of the world are mixed. It is very difficult to acquire at the same time achievements of world culture and not to lose traditional cultural heritage of the country. Similar large-scale transformations already happened in cultural life of our country in the 18th century, in government of the emperor Peter I. Similar changes were made also in Japan when to the power the young 122nd emperor Mutsukhito came. An era of the educated Meiji's government call time of reforms in Japan. The tsar Peter I in Russia was entitled in the people Great. Both emperors were rather young, vigorous, understood need of changes for the countries. For changes there were serious reasons. Russia by the beginning of reforms was the backward country that constituted serious danger to national independence. In Japan after long closing of the country - feudal backwardness which could result the country in colonial dependence. Problems required the fastest solution. Upgrade was undergone by many spheres of life of society, both in Russia, and in Japan: economy, army, fleet, etc. However reforms were directed to change of external cultural signs. In article parallels in reforming of culture in the countries are drawn. Both countries apprehended cultural universaliya of European civilization: were modernized, kept national independence, and, everyone in due time, came to a new step of development including at the expense of such subjective factor as roles of persons - Peter the Great in Russia and Meiji in Japan.

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