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Do you have any examples?

• Nekorosu 10y ago
  Can't give you any quotes but for example he was quite derogatory towards "khokhly" (Ukrainians). Not sure if this word was derogatory by itself at his time (as it is now with rare exceptions). He went well beyond just using this word and expressed his negative view of these people using rather rude vocabulary. Actually this view was stereotypical at that time in Russia and it was a norm to be derogatory to "brother nations". My point is he was a normal case of a person of his social status in that era with all the fallacies you would expect. Of course this conflicts a lot with his idealistic view on cultured people. It should be taken with a grain of salt. If you'd like to know more I consider you read the letters. It's well worth reading. A great insight into the life of Russian intelligentsia class and into the Russian mentality.