Sweden always (well, for the last 400 years or so) had a quite different way of governing and different values than Russia.
You can look at Finland which was governed by Sweden for a long time, then was a part of Russia but had its own laws etc and was a semi autonomous experimental area. During that time there were still feudal slaves in Russia. Poor farmers didn't have it easy anywhere of course.
You can look at Finland which was governed by Sweden for a long time, then was a part of Russia but had its own laws etc and was a semi autonomous experimental area. During that time there were still feudal slaves in Russia. Poor farmers didn't have it easy anywhere of course.