Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Russian postmodernism refers to the cultural, artistic, and philosophical condition in Russia since the downfall of the Soviet Union and dialectical materialism. With respect to statements about post-Soviet philosophy or sociology, the term is primarily used by non-Russians to describe the state of economic and political uncertainty they observe since the fall of communism and the way this uncertainty affects Russian identity. ''Postmodernism'' is, however, a term often used by Russian critics to describe contemporary Russian art and literature.