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Title of the article: Russian slavophiles abroad in 30–40-ies of XIX century
Author(s): GROSUL V. I.
Section: Art Theory and History
Year: 2016
Issue: № 2 (40)
Pages: 33-51
Index UDK: 1(470) (091)
Index BBK: 87.3(2)
Abstract: The article raises the question of the role of foreign trips of Russian Slavophiles in the development of their social and political views. The author considers Slavophilism as a form of Russian liberalism, as they were opposed to serfdom, fought for openness and the power of public opinion, put forward the idea of Zemsky Sobor (The Assembly of the land) — a kind of Russian parliament, called for individual freedom and for the development of entrepreneurship. The reason for the development of their concept of distinctive Russian way was not the absence of knowledge about Western Europe, but the good knowledge of it. The article examines in detail the notes of about two dozen Slavophiles and their supporters, which were made while traveling through foreign countries of Europe. These notes show peculiar political liberalism of Slavophiles, especially of A. I. Koshelev, A. S. Khomyakov, Kireevskys brothers and others. Nevertheless, the Slavophiles advocated the idea of a special Russian way, and called for Slavic reciprocity, spirituality and soulfulness.
Keywords: Slavophiles, Westerners, liberals, conservatives, the idea of originality, Slavic reciprocity, travel, A. I. Koshelev, A. S. Khomyakov, Kireevskys brothers, Aksakovs brothers, European countries, Russian Anglomaniacs, farming, agriculture, traditionalism, education, Slavic scholars
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