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Prison of Nations

Astolf de Custine

Phraseologism: People's prison.

Meaning: About pre-revolutionary Russia.

Origin: Authorship is erroneously attributed to V. I. Lenin. The primary source is the book "Russia in 1839" (first published in Paris in 1843) by the French marquis Astolphe de Custine (1790-1857), a writer and traveler who visited Russia in 1839. Custine wrote: "How vast this empire , it is nothing more than a prison, the key to which is kept by the emperor", and Nicholas I, referring to his status as a "European gendarme", he called "the jailer of one-third of the globe." The author, it should be noted, was not talking about "interethnic relations", not about the oppression of non-Russian peoples by the metropolis, but about the equally unenviable position of all peoples under the rule of the Russian emperor, about the absence in Russia of a civil society (and simply independent public opinion) capable of resisting the will of the monarch, who, in his immense power, is almost equal to the Asiatic ruler. AI Herzen called this book "the most entertaining and intelligent book written about Russia by a foreigner." Considering that this book was very popular (according to Herzen, "Kustin's work was in all hands"), the image of Russia as a "prison of peoples", found by the author, thanks to frequent repetition and citation, entered the Russian language as an aphorism. Later, this expression was rethought by V. I. Lenin, who emphasized the oppression of non-Russian peoples in Russia. For example: "The ban on honoring Shevchenko was such an excellent ... measure in terms of agitation against the government that better agitation cannot be imagined ... After this measure, millions ..." inhabitants "began to turn into conscious citizens and become convinced of the correctness of that sayings that Russia is a "prison of peoples" (article "On the Question of National Policy").

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Aristarch.

Meaning:

Deep, highly educated, impartial, strict literary critic.

Origin:

From the history of ancient Greece. Aristarchus of Samothrace (c. 217-143 BC) is a philologist and literary critic who became famous for his deep critical analyzes of the works of Homer, Aristotle, Herodotus, Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus and others. He enjoyed deep respect from the writers of Ancient Greece.

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