Alexander II of Russia: Alexandre II. Le printemps de la Russie.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Alexander II of Russia Alexandre II. Le printemps de la Russie. Helene Carrere d'Encausse. Paris: Fayard, 2007. 532 pp. Euro26.

Using many heretofore unpublished documents, and led by a didactic ambition coupled with the will to set the problematics of "the Alexander moment" in his country, Helene Carrere d'Encausse draws several parallels: with Lincoln, whose emancipatory strategy was contemporary with the abolition of serfdom in Russia; with Louis XVI (following on this ...

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