In this post, the penultimate in the series, instead of focusing on a single figure, I’m going to explore one of the lines that connects Russian radicals, and in particular their agitational/publishing activities, to the work of their Russian-Jewish counterparts. Some may suggest that this stretches the definition of ‘Russians’ too far, as Jews would […]
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Russians in London: Russian and Jewish radicals
Posted by Sarah Young on January 23, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/01/23/russians-in-london-russian-and-jewish-radicals/
Russians in London: Turgenev
In the history of Russians in London, Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) in many ways acts as a transitional figure, because although most of his visits were quite short (except during the Franco-Prussian war, when he decamped to England for a year), they were frequent, and span a much longer period than those of his contemporaries. He […]
Posted by Sarah Young on December 26, 2010
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2010/12/26/russians-in-london-turgenev/
Russians in London: Alexander Herzen, with a note on Nikolai Ogarev
When researching the history of Russians in London, Alexander Herzen presents a considerable problem. He is without doubt the most significant of all the writers and activists who visited London in the nineteenth century, not only because he settled in the capital for some years (1852-64), but also because many of his compatriots — Turgenev, […]
Posted by Sarah Young on November 28, 2010
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2010/11/28/russians-in-london-alexander-herzen-with-a-note-on-nikolai-ogarev/