Nineteenth Century Russia: Contemporary French Opinion

The collection includes writings on Russia by French, German, English and other western observers representing ideologies ranging from Orleanism to anarchy, and including various religious doctrines. Works of Russian political emigrés, including Turgenev and Bakunin, are also included. Among the many concrete topics dealt with in the collection are tsarism and Russian political history, serfdom, Russian socialism and early revolutionary movements. The collection provides the researcher with a broad account of 19th century Russia and of how it was regarded in the West.