How Russian society created Putin...
In 1839, the French aristocrat Astolphe Louis Leonor, better known as the Marquis de Custine, traveled to Russia to understand "the empire of the Czar," Michael Kimmage reports on foreignaffairs.com.
Competing with his compatriot Alexis de Tocqueville's study of American democracy, Custine produced a travelogue that was also the analysis of "eternal Russia," Kimmage wrote.
Russians excelled at submission, Custine believed. Dissidents were dispatched to Siberia. Depotism at home kindled the desire for empire abroad, he added.
"The idea of conquest," Custine wrote, "forms the secret aspiration of Russia."
More than anything, Custine was overwhelmed by the artificiality of imperial Russia.
"The Russians have everything in name, and nothing in reality," he wrote.
He called its princes "false and crafty" and deemed the country "better served with spies than any other in the world, Custine noted.
For more an intriguing article: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2018-06-14/peoples-authoritarian?cid=soc-fb
Photo: Giphy.
Mr.Putin doesn't seem pleased.
In 1839, the French aristocrat Astolphe Louis Leonor, better known as the Marquis de Custine, traveled to Russia to understand "the empire of the Czar," Michael Kimmage reports on foreignaffairs.com.
Competing with his compatriot Alexis de Tocqueville's study of American democracy, Custine produced a travelogue that was also the analysis of "eternal Russia," Kimmage wrote.
Russians excelled at submission, Custine believed. Dissidents were dispatched to Siberia. Depotism at home kindled the desire for empire abroad, he added.
"The idea of conquest," Custine wrote, "forms the secret aspiration of Russia."
More than anything, Custine was overwhelmed by the artificiality of imperial Russia.
"The Russians have everything in name, and nothing in reality," he wrote.
He called its princes "false and crafty" and deemed the country "better served with spies than any other in the world, Custine noted.
For more an intriguing article: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2018-06-14/peoples-authoritarian?cid=soc-fb
Photo: Giphy.
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