That's a little harsh on a civilization that has produced half the world class symphony and most of the ballet on the planet, as well as all those Russian specific expressions of Christian faith.
Yes, some of what they have created, is to marvel at. On the other hand, when I was in the Moscow airport, and many other public facilities, a hole in the cement constituted a urinal. Even as recently as 2008, the Russian conscripts used toilets in Georgia, for washing potatoes.