I know little Russian but it not my language. But I am familiar with the Russian tradition of hyper-Westerners, who "managed" to shed their Russian character and become more Western than any ACTUAL Westerner could ever be.
You see, the real Westerners always have some roots and identity, they can be English from Yorkshire, or Welsh or southern French speaking Languedoc, they are Flemish Catholic or Orthodox Serbs or Reformed Swiss.
Perhaps they are of mixed origin, some of them get uprooted and then can ascend to the lofty status of cosmopolitan nihilist with a cosmic mission. In the last undertaking XIX Russians managed to be first. :)
In a country with a nomadic population like the United States, the notion of "roots" is rather tenuous and does not extend much beyond the major regions like "Southerner". So, the proper "roots" I will acquire in retirement, when I will finally choose a location and settle down in it. Till that time I am a generic Westerner. Further speciation could be left to the succeeding generation.