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turgenev: unchain the serfs

Turgenev and the abolition of serfdom. More than they bargained for… …The government’s anti-intellectual drive had effectively crippled the Russian universities, and so, in 1838, Turgenev, like most of his fellow countrymen who wanted a serious education, headed for Berlin. … Continue reading

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turgenev: end to serfdom

…Turgenev’s passion for liberty was already well developed when he entered Moscow Uinversity in 1833. It was a tradition that had come to him, some might say, by heredity: his father’s cousin Nicholas had been a leader of the Decembrist … Continue reading

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