Prison of the peoples
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Prison of the nations (Russian: Тюрьма́ наро́дов) is a phrase first used by Vladimir Lenin in 1914.[1][2][3] He applied it to Russia, describing the national policy of that time.[4] The idea of calling Russia a prison is based on Marquis de Custine's book La Russie en 1839.
Bibliography[]
- Russia as the Prison of Nations M. N. Pokrovskii, Russia as the Prison of Nations. 1930 Original Source: 1905 god (Moscow: OGIZ Moskovskii rabochii, 1930). Reprinted in M. N. Pokrovskii, Izbrannye proizvedeniia (Moscow 1965-67), IV:129-35.
References[]
- ^ К вопросу о национальной политике
- ^ Н. Матюшкин. «В. И. Ленин о дружбе народов», Издательство «Знание», Москва, 1954 г.
- ^ Российская империя в 1914—1917 гг.: факты, которые всегда замалчивались: «Гнилая самодержавная Россия, эта извечная тюрьма народов просто обречена на поражение.»
- ^ Brandenberger, David (2002). National Bolshevism: Stalinist Mass Culture and the Formation of Modern Russian National Identity, 1931-1956. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674009066.
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