Rosja Katarzyny II w Zapiskach Louisa Philippe’a de Ségura

The text presents deliberations on Russia by Louis Philippe de Ségur, a French diplomat, who spent almost five years in Petersburg at the court of Catherine the Great. Against the background of his intricately crafted missionary strategy, whose aim was to sign a trade treaty with Russia, Ségur draws...

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Main Author: Jolanta Kazimierczyk-Kuncer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Studia Rossica Posnaniensia
Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/strp/article/view/13065
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spelling doaj-f2cdd2e607324b1da96fa3e7c08105c52021-05-03T05:06:42ZdeuAdam Mickiewicz University PressStudia Rossica Posnaniensia0081-68842018-06-014210.14746/strp.2017.42.3Rosja Katarzyny II w Zapiskach Louisa Philippe’a de SéguraJolanta Kazimierczyk-Kuncer0Akademia Pomorska w SłupskuThe text presents deliberations on Russia by Louis Philippe de Ségur, a French diplomat, who spent almost five years in Petersburg at the court of Catherine the Great. Against the background of his intricately crafted missionary strategy, whose aim was to sign a trade treaty with Russia, Ségur draws a distinctive portrait of the tsarina and her favourite, Potiomkin, skilfully smuggling in a criticism of their reformation activities. Exposing the delusion of Russia’s civilization progress, “the country of dumb obedience and anarchy” whose nation, superficially absorbing European customs, is still plunged into slavery, he simultaneously revisits “the Russian mirage”.https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/strp/article/view/13065
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title_short Rosja Katarzyny II w Zapiskach Louisa Philippe’a de Ségura
title_full Rosja Katarzyny II w Zapiskach Louisa Philippe’a de Ségura
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description The text presents deliberations on Russia by Louis Philippe de Ségur, a French diplomat, who spent almost five years in Petersburg at the court of Catherine the Great. Against the background of his intricately crafted missionary strategy, whose aim was to sign a trade treaty with Russia, Ségur draws a distinctive portrait of the tsarina and her favourite, Potiomkin, skilfully smuggling in a criticism of their reformation activities. Exposing the delusion of Russia’s civilization progress, “the country of dumb obedience and anarchy” whose nation, superficially absorbing European customs, is still plunged into slavery, he simultaneously revisits “the Russian mirage”.
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