I’d be careful drawing conclusions on this basis, as it’s really easy to cherry-pick examples to support any kind of narrative you like. The West has written its share of dystopias and there are a lot of happy endings in Russian fairy tales.
It would be interesting to do a proper comparison—e.g. between a compendium of Russian fairy tales and something like the Brother Grimm’s collection of German fairy tales. The German fairy tales might well turn out to be darker.
I’d be careful drawing conclusions on this basis, as it’s really easy to cherry-pick examples to support any kind of narrative you like. The West has written its share of dystopias and there are a lot of happy endings in Russian fairy tales.
It would be interesting to do a proper comparison—e.g. between a compendium of Russian fairy tales and something like the Brother Grimm’s collection of German fairy tales. The German fairy tales might well turn out to be darker.