British travelers’ impressions of the Russians during the reign of Alexander II
This article examines the image of Russia and its people in the travelogues of British travelers during the rule of Alexander II (1855–1881). In reality, hardly anybody from Britain visited the country of the tsars, and very few could speak its language. The upper classes, mostly nobility, surprised...
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A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Studia Litterarum |
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| Online Access: | http://old.studlit.ru/articles/Sakowicz%20I.pdf |