Tag: Tsar Aleksandr II

2014 Ukrainian Maidan Affecting Russia Much as 1863 Polish Revolt Did, Moscow Historian Says

June 21, 2015

Staunton, June 20 – Drawing on Richard Pipes’ argument that the 1863 Polish revolt was viewed by many Russians as an illegitimate European attack on Russia and led them to conclude that “only the autocracy could preserve the integrity of the country,” Irina Glebova argues that the Ukrainian revolution of 2013-2014 has had “approximately the […]