La Russie en 1839, Volume IV by marquis de Astolphe Custine

"La Russie en 1839, Volume IV" by marquis de Astolphe Custine is a travel account published in 1843. After journeying through Russia in 1839, meeting Tsar Nicholas I and other prominent figures, Custine portrays the country as backward and governed by fear and violence. His critical observations of the tsarist regime caused outrage in Saint Petersburg, leading to the book's ban in Russia. The work gained renewed attention during the Cold War when parallels were drawn between imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Custine, Astolphe, marquis de, 1790-1857
Title La Russie en 1839, Volume IV
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Russie_en_1839 Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Russie_en_1839
Credits Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Eric Vautier and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at dp.rastko.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 59.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language French
LoC Class DK: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland
Subject Russia -- Description and travel
Category Text
eBook-No. 27345
Release Date
Last Update Jan 4, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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